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711349

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Organisations: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been paid since May 2015 to head hunters by (a) the House of Commons Commission, (b) the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, (c) the Inter-Parliamentary Union, (d) the British American Parliamentary Group and (e) any other body grant-funded by the House of Commons Commission.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	68010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Since May 2015 the House of Commons Commission has made payments totalling £203,676 to Executive Search recruitment agencies (‘head hunters’). This includes fees for online and press advertising, where appropriate, for which the agencies pay and for which we reimburse them. I have asked the House authorities to send to the hon. Member contact details of the responsible officers of the grant-funded bodies so that he can seek that information from them. The Commission does not require them to report on any use of head hunters or the costs of any such use.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/03/2017 10:33:53 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

711051

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Lost Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many documents have been recorded as lost by her Department since 8 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	67887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>There have been 34 cases recorded of documents lost by the Home Office since 8 May 2015, of which 12 were recovered. None of these documents were above the OFFICIAL classification (this classification does include information that may be caveated as OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/03/2017 14:51:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

709752

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Short Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, when he plans to publish the Short money funding allocation to Opposition political parties for the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	67233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Short Money and Representative Money figures will be published by the House authorities once the necessary figures on which they are based are available. These figures now include the relevant IPSA staffing budget used to calculate the floor and ceiling amounts for smaller parties.</p><p>I have asked the House authorities to ensure that the hon Member is sent details of the allocation once it is determined.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/03/2017 10:25:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

691962

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK citizens will require new passports after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	64593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 7 December 2016 to the question from my hon. Member for Romford, UIN 55575.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/02/2017 12:21:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

683068

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to contribute to the fund set up by the Government of the Netherlands in response to the changes to foreign aid for family planning announced by the new US Administration.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	62673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK will continue to show global health leadership by promoting and supporting evidence-based sexual and reproductive health and rights. The full implications of the reinstated and expanded Mexico City policy are not yet clear, but we are closely following developments.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 06/02/2017 17:39:29 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

678560

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers are LGV qualified.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	61638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Regular and Reserve Army personnel registered on the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system holding Category C and C1 driving licences. The JPA was introduced in 2007 and these figures will include those individuals who have recorded their licence details on the system since then; actual numbers are likely to be higher.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Driver Licence Category</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category C1</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>8,809</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>9,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>9,533</p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>10,755</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Categories relate to European driving license. Category C1 permits vehicles between 3,500 and 7,500kg maximum authorised mass (with a trailer up to 750kg). Category C permits vehicles over 3,500kg (with a trailer up to 750kg maximum authorised mass).</li><li>This information is held for personnel administration purposes. Driver licence data has not been validated and therefore carries a degree of risk to accuracy.</li><li>Figures may not include personnel who hold a licence but have not been required to declare it as part of their employment (this may particularly be the case with the Army Reserve).</li><li>Further training and testing is necessary where a trailer licence (Category E) is required.</li></ol> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/02/2017 16:27:34 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

671385

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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: Consultants
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 private consultancies in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	908003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>Figures for financial year 2015/16 show that DFID spends approximately 13% of its budget through contractors. The House will know that I have recently instructed my officials to undertake a review of how we work with our suppliers. It is essential that all of DFID’s contractors and partners are fully open and transparent, uphold the highest standards and are held to account for those standards.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/01/2017 14:45:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

641459

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Russia: Baltic States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterparts on the sovereignty of the Baltic States.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	907424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The sovereignty of the Baltic States is beyond dispute. The renewed deterrence and defence posture, agreed at the Warsaw NATO Summit, sends a clear, unambiguous message of the continued commitment of all NATO members to the principles of collective defence and security and Article 5.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/11/2016 15:03:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

631933

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison Service has paid in redundancy packages to its staff in each since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	52471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Data on exit payments is in the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts and can be found on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/11/2016 15:42:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

632008

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to prevent third-party websites from reselling Government services by deception.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	52413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Copycat websites undermine trust in online services, and this government is committed to stopping them. We are taking action on three fronts.</p><p>First, we are taking action to shut down such sites and prevent them from appearing in search engines. We are working with search engine providers to ensure they implement their terms and conditions on copycat website advertising - this has helped to increase the click-through to official Government websites by 30%. Security teams in departments across government are also actively monitoring the internet for bogus sites, and taking action accordingly.</p><p>Secondly we are improving the consistency and quality of Government websites, so that consumers can recognise and trust official sources of information.</p><p>Finally we are working closely with other bodies such as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) and Which? to raise awareness of this issue and ensure action is taken where appropriate</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 17/11/2016 08:44:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar