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389426

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support (a) small cider producers and (b) microbreweries in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	6648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises the important contribution made by small cider makers and microbrewers in helping to create a diverse and vibrant alcohol market that increases consumer choice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Small Brewers’ Relief supports microbreweries by reducing their beer duty rate by up to 50 per cent. EU law explicitly allows member states to support microbrewers through the duty regime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is discussing reforms to EU law with the EU Commission and other member states, so that it explicitly allows member states to support small cider makers through the duty regime. The government is also looking at alternatives that could apply. The government will work with industry on both of these. As announced at Summer Budget 2015, the government will retain the current duty exemption for small cider producers until and unless a replacement scheme is established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:56:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

389533

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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
hansard heading	Seals: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Scottish Government on seal (a) culls and (b) conservation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	6784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Dudley North, Ian Austin, on 24 June 2015, PQ UIN 3275.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 14:42:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

384867

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost and benefits of (a) converting Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) into a network of local stakeholder banks, (b) breaking up RBS into a series of challenger banks, (c) converting RBS into a state-owned business bank and (d) other options for the future of RBS considered by his Department; and if he will place a copy of any such assessments in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	3801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been consistent and clear that its objective in respect of RBS ownership is to return the bank to the private sector in full.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This policy is supported by recent advice from the Governor of the Bank of England that “it is in the public interest for the Government to begin now to return RBS to the private sector”, and that “there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale”. The findings of the recently published Rothschild report into the Government’s shareholding in RBS concur with this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/06/2015 14:12:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353872

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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	Broadband: Urban Areas
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 he is taking to resolve non-spots in urban areas as part of the superfast broadband roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government's strategy for city centres is to work with the commercial suppliers to encourage them to deploy superfast and ultrafast broadband quickly to as many premises as possible, for example it has prequalified the expansion of Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband network for the UK Guarantees Scheme, supporting Virgin’s proposed £3 billion investment.</p><p> </p><p>We are also providing direct financial support to small and medium sized businesses in 50 cities across the UK through the Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme, which contributes up to £3,000 to each SME to help pay for the connection costs to faster and better broadband.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/06/2015 16:05:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

353876

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Food: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle food waste in supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	2313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme the Government is working with food manufacturers and retailers, including all the major UK supermarkets, to meet targets to reduce food waste from households and the grocery supply chain under the Courtauld Commitment.</p><p>Signatories reported a reduction of 7.4% in food supply chain waste since 2010 (there are also targets on household food waste and packaging waste). The third phase targets a further 1.1 million tonnes of food and packaging waste reduction by the end of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:41:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

348409

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 4, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of calls handled by HM Revenue and Customs' Contact Centre within five minutes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) handles 50 million calls a year from customers. The department is working hard to improve its performance. The percentage of calls handled will fluctuate annually and quarterly and is directly affected by customer demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken a number of steps including the introduction of a new telephony platform that will improve performance in the longer term. HMRC has recruited more than 2,000 staff to its customer service teams and is expanding the resource available at evenings and weekends when many customers choose to call. They have also launched an online service for Tax Credit customers that will enable them to renew their claims without calling at all and, as in previous years, are moving up to 1,500 extra staff from across the department to support the Tax Credits peak in demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 984 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:12:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347770

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the working paper by Jeronim Capaldo on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, entitled European Disintegration, Unemployment and Instability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has serious reservations about this paper. It is based on a model that was not built to assess trade policy. It does not directly model trade flows or the gains from trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2015 13:41:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347771

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of research commissioned by the European Commission into the economic effect of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports the Commission’s research. The UK adopted a similar approach when commissioning research for the potential impact on the UK. We also support the additional work that is underway for the Commission such as the Sustainability Impact Assessment. Whilst the trade models used by the Commission, ourselves and others have their limitations they are generally considered to be the most robust tools to examine the economic effects of trade agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/06/2015 13:27:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347395

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of call-handling by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) constantly monitors call handling performance and assesses its quality. In 2014/15, our advisers achieved a score of 97.1% for correctness of transaction, against a 95% target.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC also carries out a quarterly customer survey to determine how well we are performing against certain criteria. The results are published quarterly on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:44:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

346849

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation was conducted with stakeholders affected by the reforms for delivery of approved English language qualifications for settlement and citizenship effective from November 2015; how the decision was communicated to teaching providers and learners; and whether an impact assessment was undertaken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	1
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The possibility of changes to the English language requirement for settlement and nationality was discussed as part of the SELT procurement process. Letters announcing the change to test arrangements have been sent to a range of organisations. As this change relates to the implementation of existing policy, no formal impact assessment was required.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/06/2015 10:35:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden