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48116

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who made the decisions and on what basis were the decisions made on how many shares would go to each priority investor, each institutional investor and each retail investor in respect of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	196282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government set the overall allocation policy with the aim of getting the right balance between longer-term, stable investors, retail investors and shorter-term investors who provide liquidity in the market.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations were made to a number of institutions who in the early stages of engagement were willing to place non-binding orders despite the risks attached to the IPO such as the industrial relations situation. These investors gave us confidence that there was sufficient demand to proceed with the IPO.</p><p> </p><p>We had nearly three-quarters of a million retail applications so their allocations were scaled back as they were for institutional investors. Given this high demand, Ministers decided to prioritise smaller investors and put in place a cut-off above £10,000 and give everyone below that the same number of shares. Around 95% of retail investors were allocated shares.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

48117

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in cash terms and what proportion of total university funding came from (a) domestic tuition fees, (b) foreign student fees, (c) public funding and (d) external sponsorship in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	196285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Information on the finances of English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). A summary of the income of publicly-funded HEIs in England from Home and EU Tuition Fees, Non-EU Tuition Fees, Public Funding and External Sponsorship has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Income of publicly-funded higher education institutions<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p><p>English Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic year 2012/13</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Income<br>(£ millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Share of Total Income (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Course Fee Income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which…</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home &amp; EU Tuition Fees</p></td><td><p>6,479</p></td><td><p>26.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU Tuition Fees</p></td><td><p>2,997</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Tuition Fee Income<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Public Funding <sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,580</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>External Sponsorship <sup>(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,598</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,320</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: HESA Finance Record</em></p><p>Notes:</p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest £ million and, as a result, columns may not total correctly.</p><p><sup> </sup></p><p><sup>(1) </sup>The University of Buckingham are the only non-publicly funded HEI to return financial data to HESA and their income has been omitted from the final figures.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>Other Tuition Fee Income includes income received from FE Courses and Non-Credit bearing courses.</p><p><sup>(3) </sup>Public Funding refers to funding received from Funding Bodies, BIS Research Councils, UK Central Government, Local Authorities, Health and Hospital Authorities and EU Government Bodies.</p><p><sup>(4) </sup>External Sponsorship refers to income from non-public sources including research grants and other income from EU and UK industry, commerce and other corporations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

48139

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with EU counterparts about differences in the way projected growth is estimated.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 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 constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ196291.pdf title ONS Letter - Projected Growth
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

48145

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss to the public purse as a result of illicit, illegal and smuggled tobacco in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	196391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>Estimates of the volume and total revenue losses associated with the tobacco illicit market are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates: 2012-13'. The figures are available in tables 4.1 and 4.5. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by the type of illicit activity, e.g. through smuggling, counterfeiting or other fraud.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The methodology for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013'.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Both documents can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196390 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

48160

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been self-built in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not hold official statistics.</p><p>To assist the preparation and implementation of policy to support self-builders, the Department is examining how best the take-up of self-build can be quantified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48166

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated (a) for identifying troubled families and (b) in performance payments for turning those families around to each local authority participating in the Troubled Families Programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The funding for the troubled families programme does not operate on an ‘allocation' basis; the programme operates as set out in the financial framework: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf</a></p><p>Up to £448 million has been allocated in total as a budget for this programme with up to £4,000 available for each family turned around. The latest performance information broken down by local authority area can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-by-31-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-by-31-december-2013</a> and more recent information covering the period up until February 2014 is due to be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48174

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the recommendations contained in the Association of Business Recovery Professionals publication entitled Level Playing Field: SMEs, taxpayers, and the Football Creditors Rule.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	196373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>R3 has made some interesting recommendations which the football authorities should consider carefully. The football authorities have already made some changes, notably through agreeing “financial fair play” rules, salary caps and an early warning system for tax debts, as well as to governance arrangements, to increase financial stability in the leagues and to increase transparency for creditors.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

48179

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) associated costs and (b) utility of the Trident Alternatives Review.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	196225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>I have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

48194

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to deal with emotional neglect of children.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	196374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Our revised statutory safeguarding guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013', includes a definition of emotional abuse which social workers already act on when deciding on what action to take to keep a child safe.</p><p> </p><p>We want social workers and other professionals who work with children and families to recognise the early signs of all forms of abuse and neglect and take appropriate action. To support this, the Department is working on a number of initiatives. We have brought together a panel of experts to review the evidence concerning indicators of neglect that are associated with a likelihood of future harm to babies, pre-school children and school-age children.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing the recommendations in the Action for Children report ‘Child Neglect: The scandal that never breaks' and the Ofsted report ‘In the child's time: professional responses to neglect' and will consider how to support professionals in recognising early signs of all forms of neglect. We are also working with the Department of Health on their proposals for the development of a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect. Following the Narey review, we are improving social work training and developing further the skills of social workers in critical areas including neglect and how to undertake a good quality assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We have also published training materials commissioned from Action for Children and the University of Stirling. These materials<em>, </em>‘Childhood neglect: Improving outcomes for children', contain guidance and training resources to help staff identify and respond early to all signs of neglect and to know what types of interventions are the most effective.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48205

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date cage trapping and shooting of badgers was implemented alongside the free-shooting of badgers in the pilot badger cull in Somerset in 2013; and on what date free shooting had started in that cull.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	196191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Cage trapping was used from the outset in each of the pilot areas. Under the licence issued to each area, cage trapping and shooting and controlled shooting are both permitted control methods. No further authorisation from the Department was required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Guidance issued to Natural England on issuing licenses to kill or take badgers for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine TB under section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, and the Government's policy document on Bovine TB and badger control in England, both state ‘in order to ensure humaneness, only two culling methods will be permitted (which can be used in combination, or as single control methods): i. cage-trapping followed by shooting; and ii. controlled shooting.' Both of these documents were published on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 196192 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle