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89493

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what HM Revenue and Customs' policy is on recovering tax on benefits in kind received by former employees of a corporation for whom legal fees have been met by that corporation.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	207352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>Where legal fees are paid by an employer on behalf of a former employee and are taxable, I can confirm that H M Revenue and Customs ensures that income tax and national insurance contributions is paid.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2014 16:34:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

89498

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has spent £1883.87 on televisions in the last two financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/01/2015 15:18:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89501

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils: Publications
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 complaints his Department has received in the last five years of town and parish councils breaching their statutory responsibility to publish minutes; and which such councils have been the subject of the most complaints.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	207161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My Department receives correspondence on a wide range of issues about Parish Councils. <br><br></p><p>Complaints or concerns regarding a parish council’s behaviour can be made in a number of ways; by utilising the parish council’s complaints procedure, raising the matter at a parish meeting, pointing out concerns during the public inspection period of accounts for the audit, or by joining with a group of local electors to call for a parish poll on the issue. It is for the parish council concerned to consider the evidence raised in any of the above public representation and to take action inline with statute and their standing orders/complaints procedures.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, parish councils, like all tiers of government, must act within the law at all times, if a decision is considered unlawful, it may be challenged by the courts. Ultimately, if a council fails to carry out its statutory duties it will be accountable for its actions and decisions through the ballot box.<br><br>Our proposed Transparency Code for parish councils and smaller authorities seeks to increase the openness and accessibility of council papers and minutes by making them accessible online.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 27/10/2014 14:54:01 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

89506

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of regional variations in participation in his Department's Together in Service scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Twenty-five projects have been approved so far, in Barking and Dagenham, Birmingham, Bradford, Brent, Cambridge, Cornwall (mainly Truro), Coventry, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Epping Forest, Leicester, Lambeth, Liverpool, Newcastle, Newham, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Sheffield and Southampton. In addition, two projects cover activity in more than one geographic location.</p><p> </p><p>A total of £74,000 has been allocated to these projects. 18 projects, totalling £42,000, are awaiting financial approval from the Department. In addition, there are further projects in the pipeline.</p><p> </p><p>Faith Action, the body contracted to run the Together in Service programme, will publish a full assessment after the scheme comes to an end on 31 March 2015. By the end of the programme, my Department will have allocated £200,000 in match-funding for Together in Service projects.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 207108 207109 208021 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:10 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89508

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an assessment of the progress of his Department's Together in Service scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Twenty-five projects have been approved so far, in Barking and Dagenham, Birmingham, Bradford, Brent, Cambridge, Cornwall (mainly Truro), Coventry, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Epping Forest, Leicester, Lambeth, Liverpool, Newcastle, Newham, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Sheffield and Southampton. In addition, two projects cover activity in more than one geographic location.</p><p> </p><p>A total of £74,000 has been allocated to these projects. 18 projects, totalling £42,000, are awaiting financial approval from the Department. In addition, there are further projects in the pipeline.</p><p> </p><p>Faith Action, the body contracted to run the Together in Service programme, will publish a full assessment after the scheme comes to an end on 31 March 2015. By the end of the programme, my Department will have allocated £200,000 in match-funding for Together in Service projects.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 207109 207117 208021 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:09 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89510

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Religion
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 have been made available to organisations under his Department's Together in Service scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Twenty-five projects have been approved so far, in Barking and Dagenham, Birmingham, Bradford, Brent, Cambridge, Cornwall (mainly Truro), Coventry, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Epping Forest, Leicester, Lambeth, Liverpool, Newcastle, Newham, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Sheffield and Southampton. In addition, two projects cover activity in more than one geographic location.</p><p> </p><p>A total of £74,000 has been allocated to these projects. 18 projects, totalling £42,000, are awaiting financial approval from the Department. In addition, there are further projects in the pipeline.</p><p> </p><p>Faith Action, the body contracted to run the Together in Service programme, will publish a full assessment after the scheme comes to an end on 31 March 2015. By the end of the programme, my Department will have allocated £200,000 in match-funding for Together in Service projects.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 207108 207117 208021 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:10 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89512

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to implement the recommendations made in the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	207398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon.Members to the written statement made on 10 September, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 37WS, in which my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles), indicated his intention to write to leaders of principal councils asking them to consider the implications of the Jay report for their own authority. In the event he wrote jointly with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education (Nicky Morgan) on 24 September with copies to Chairmen of all Health and Wellbeing Boards in England. A copy of this letter can be seen at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358979/140924_-_Rotherham_letter_joint_final.pdf.</p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) has also written in similar terms to Chief Constables with copies to Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of both letters are attached.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 207872 question first answered 21/10/2014 16:36:24 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 207398 McCabe.pdf title Letters from DCLG/DfE and Home Office
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

89532

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to address the threat of IS to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>JTAC raised the threat level on 29 August from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups, including ISIL, are planning attacks against the West. ISIL <br>is a clear national threat to the UK, as it is a global threat to our international partners and the region. We believe that more than 500 individuals from the UK have travelled to Syria since the start of the conflict. It is estimated half of these have returned. We judge that a significant minority of UK extremists currently fighting in Syria are affiliated with ISIL. British citizens fighting with proscribed terrorist organisations would clearly pose a threat to the UK should they return. Such <br>individuals are among our primary counter-terrorism concerns.<br><br>The Government is taking steps to counter this unprecedented threat. On Wednesday 26 November, we introduced the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, in order to extend the powers available to our law enforcement and intelligence <br>agencies. This Bill will ensure that we can: disrupt the ability of people to travel abroad to fight, as well as their ability to return here; enhance our ability to monitor and control the actions of those in the UK that pose a threat; and combat the underlying ideology that feeds, supports and sanctions terrorism. It includes provisions to:<br><br>The powers set out in the Bill are essential to keep up with the very serious and rapidly changing threats we face.<br><br>This legislation will provide additional tools to compliment work already underway to tackle the threat from ISIL under a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism led strategy. <br><br>We must take action at home – but we must also have a comprehensive strategy to defeat these extremists abroad. This involves using all the resources at our disposal – humanitarian efforts, which Britain is already leading, to help <br>those displaced by ISIL’s onslaught, and diplomatic efforts to engage the widest possible coalition of countries in the region as part of this international effort. At the UN, we are leading the process of condemning <br>ISIL, disrupting the flows of finance to ISIL and forging a global consensus about preventing the movement of foreign fighters.<br><br>This strategy also involves political efforts to support the creation of a new and genuinely inclusive government in Iraq and to bring about a transition of power in Syria that can lead to a new representative and accountable government <br>that can take the fight to ISIL.<br><br>We are determined to defeat the ideology of all forms of extremism, not just violent extremism. So we are banning preachers of hate, proscribing organisations that incite terrorism and stopping people from inciting hatred in <br>our schools, universities and even our prisons. For those individuals who are at risk of radicalisation, agencies such as the police and local authorities work together to assess the nature and the extent of the risk and, where <br>necessary, provide an appropriate support package tailored to individual needs. And we are working with industry to remove more extremist online material than ever before to protect those British young people vulnerable to becoming <br>radicalised. Since the start of this government, the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit has secured the removal of 65,000 items from the internet that encouraged or glorified acts of terrorism. More than 46,000 of these have been <br>removed since December last year. At present, content relating to ISIL, Syria and Iraq represents around seventy per cent of the Unit’s caseload.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/12/2014 15:06:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

89630

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) British citizens, (b) British residents holding dual passports and (c) British residents holding foreign passports who left the UK in 2014 to fight for the (i) Israeli Defence Force in Gaza, (ii) Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria and Iraq and (iii) ISIS Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in 2014; and what his policy is in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>We do not hold data on British nationals fighting with the Israeli Defence Force: many foreign nationals (including British nationals) serve in the IDF, and also hold dual (Israeli) nationality. We do not hold data on British nationals fighting with the Koma Komalên Kurdistan in Syria/Iraq.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>We believe that more than 500 individuals from the UK have travelled to Syria since the start of the conflict. It is estimated half of these have returned. We judge that a significant minority of UK extremists currently fighting in Syria are affiliated with ISIL. British citizens fighting with proscribed terrorist organisations would clearly pose a threat to the UK should they return. Such individuals are among our primary counter-terrorism concerns.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against travel to a particular place when we consider the risk to British nationals is unacceptably high. Anyone who does travel is putting themselves in considerable danger. The best way for the public to help is to donate to registered charities that have ongoing relief operations.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Those who become involved in fighting abroad can potentially be prosecuted under UK law on their return including under terrorism or other offences. Fighting in a foreign conflict is not automatically an offence but will depend on the nature of the conflict and the individual's own activities.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Any allegation of an offence will be a matter for investigation by the police. Whether an individual is arrested or prosecuted will always depend on the facts and circumstances of the case and is an operational decision for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. Safeguards are built in to our legislation and we rely on the police and Crown Prosecution Service to make sure that prosecutions are pursued in appropriate cases. Whether any specific act falls within the definition of terrorism and whether any individuals or groups have committed an offence will always depend on all facts and circumstances of the case. Prosecutions can only be sought where the Crown Prosecution Service is satisfied that there is sufficient evidence of any offence having been commissioned and that it is in the public interest to prosecute.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/11/2014 15:49:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89737

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what steps she proposes to take to improve the efficiency of the process of returning passports to applicants within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	207146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The exceptional demand for passports this year did result in some delays in returning supporting documents, including passports, to applicants.<br>Steps have been taken to ensure that customers receive their documents in a timely manner, these include increasing resources within the teams that are responsible for preparing the documents for return and improvements to overseas processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/10/2014 16:43:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound