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598167

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date	10/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments in scrutinising the suitability of business appointments for former Ministers in government.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments discharges its remit effectively and efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 17/10/2016 11:05:14 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

598170

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	FairFuel UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet FairFuelUK to discuss fiscal incentives for the use of cleaner fuels.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/10/2016 09:59:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

598250

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Ethiopia: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account his Department took of the case of Andargachew Tsege in its decision to fund the executive MSc programme in security sector management in Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>​In line with standard government policy, we conducted an Overseas Security and Justice Assessment before funding for the executive MSc programme in security sector management was approved. The consular case of Mr Andargachew Tsege was not a factor in the process. The programme focuses on building an understanding of the rule of law, human rights and international humanitarian law, and the assessment evaluated the programme to be supporting the reduction of human rights violations. The Government takes the detention and welfare of Mr Andargachew Tsege very seriously and continues to raise his case with the Ethiopian government at the highest levels.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/10/2016 13:51:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

598254

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	United Nations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2016 to Question 44301, United Nations: finance, how much his Department contributed voluntarily to the missions referred to in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office pays the UK's assessed contributions for Special Political Mission thematic cluster I, which covers special and personal envoys and advisers of the UN Secretary General. This is paid as part of our contribution to the UN Regular Budget, which is mandatory under the UN Charter.</p><p>The UK Government has also, on occasion, provided additional targeted voluntary funding. Information about these discretionary payments is not held in a single consolidated form, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Government identifies and monitors the value and impact of providing the voluntary funding on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/10/2016 15:04:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

598295

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department holds on the effect of the creation of police and crime commissioners on police accountability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Around 9 million total votes were cast by the public for their Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) at the most recent national elections in May - this is in stark contrast to the invisible, unelected and unaccountable Police Authorities they replaced.</p><p>Previously, only seven per cent of the public knew to go to their police authority if they had a problem with policing in their local area. According to the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales, 59% of the public are aware of PCCs.</p><p>The Home Affairs Select Committee report ‘Police and Crime Commissioners: here to stay’ recognised that the “introduction of PCCs has worked well to date and has had some beneficial effect on public accountability and clarity of leadership in policing.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2016 12:59:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

598338

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who would have been entitled to a larger income due to the proposed changes to the Pension Protection Fund's compensation cap and who have died since the proposals were first included in the Pensions Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/10/2016 11:18:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595357

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. There are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/10/2016 14:21:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595364

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/10/2016 11:11:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595366

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 45594, on public sector: procurement, where the Crown Commercial Service analysis can be found that is referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service analysis referred to was undertaken internally to facilitate answering the Hon Member's previous question. The key data is reproduced below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK Tenders on Tenders Electronic Daily (Official journal of the EU) and Contracts Finder</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MONTH</p></td><td><p>TED</p></td><td><p>CONTRACTS FINDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>2,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>3,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>3,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>958</p></td><td><p>2,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>881</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>1,033</p></td><td><p>2,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>1,027</p></td><td><p>3,570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This clearly illustrates both the deferment in “Contract Finder” tenders during the EU referendum purdah period, and the lack of any significant change in the number of “Tenders Electronic Daily” opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 12/10/2016 15:30:03 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595374

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	United Nations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which governmental departments make voluntary contributions to UN special political missions; and how much each such Department contributed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>​Government Departments, notably the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ministry of Defence and Department for International Development have all made occasional targeted voluntary contributions to UN Special Political Missions (SPMs) over the last five years. Information about these discretionary payments is not held in a single consolidated form, and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. The Government identifies and monitors the value and impact of providing the voluntary funding on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2016 15:39:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe