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100513

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Highways Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that the Highways Agency, following its transfer from being a civil service agency to a government-owned company will be liable to pay (a) corporation tax and (b) additional payments of VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	211500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Honorable Gentleman to my earlier replies about VAT [DN: please insert correct reference]. Special provisions apply to Government Departments and health authorities that refunds VAT incurred on certain non-business activities. These are set out in section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>New bodies are not automatically covered by the above provisions. However, the Department for Transport and HM Treasury are considering this issue.</p><p> </p><p>Government departments are exempt from Corporation Tax, while Non-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental Public Bodies (which the Highways agency will become) are subject to Corporation Tax on any trading and investment income and on any capital gains.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2014 16:27:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

100322

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Tourism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss tourism.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	211646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and myself routinely meet with Ministerial colleagues to discuss a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 211645 211647 question first answered 27/10/2014 12:25:41 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

100323

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Tourism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss tourism.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	211647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and myself routinely meet with Ministerial colleagues to discuss a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 211645 211646 question first answered 27/10/2014 12:25:41 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

100343

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Overseas Visitors: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Chinese nationals visited the UK on tourist visas in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	211502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Tourists to the UK travel on a visit visa. In 2010, according to the International Passenger Survey, 111,100 visits were made by people who reported their nationality as Chinese.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 27/10/2014 13:48:48 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

100344

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Overseas Visitors: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Chinese overseas tourists visited the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	221656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The table shows the proportion of Chinese overseas tourists that visited the UK since 2010 according to the International Passenger Survey and Tourism Economics:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visits by residents of mainland China</p></td><td><p>109,500</p></td><td><p>148,500</p></td><td><p>178,700</p></td><td><p>196,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visits who report their nationality as Chinese</p></td><td><p>111,100</p></td><td><p>144,700</p></td><td><p>170,100</p></td><td><p>201,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Share of outbound from China that is to the UK</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 27/10/2014 16:27:23 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

100345

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Tourism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to discuss tourism.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	211645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and myself routinely meet with Ministerial colleagues to discuss a range of matters.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 211646 211647 question first answered 27/10/2014 12:25:41 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

100515

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where, when and how often the job of HS2 Resident's Commissioner will be advertised.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	211589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The job is currently advertised on the HS2 website by clicking on the link to ‘Jobs’. The advert has been placed in the following media:</p><p> </p><p>From Thursday 23 October 2014: The Guardian newspaper and The Lawyer websites</p><p> </p><p>Friday 24 October 2014: Property Week publication – it will also appear on the Property Week website from 24 October</p><p> </p><p>Sunday 26 October 2014: Sunday Times – in print and online and on the Sunday Times iPAD version.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:14:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

100421

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Royal Bournemouth Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support NHS England is giving to the funding of robotic assisted surgical treatment for urology patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	211620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>We understand that NHS England has advised the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that it should not offer robotic assisted surgical treatment until there is clearer national evidence of the effectiveness of the technique. However as the Trust is the identified surgical centre for urological cancer, NHS England’s Local Area Team and the local clinical commissioning group are working with all of the acute providers covering Dorset to ensure that patients have choice for timely surgery from Royal Bournemouth &amp; Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other providers across Wessex and its environs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that the potential service and financial implications of NHS England’s proposed national clinical commissioning policy for robotic assisted surgery and service specification will be considered in the prioritisation process later this year. Further information will be posted on NHS England Website under the Specialised Cancer Clinical Reference Group when available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 16:32:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

100518

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lights throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	211601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will consider installation of LED lights during major refurbishment projects where cost effective to do so. Information on the proportion of lighting which is currently LED is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/10/2014 14:10:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100492

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent violence in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not tolerate violence of any kind in young offender institutions and assaults are treated extremely seriously. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is comprehensively reviewing how it manages violence and will issue revised guidance in 2015. NOMS is also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to improve the investigation and prosecution of crime in young offender institutions and prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing self-harm in young offender institutions. All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves. These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process, which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis of assaults and self-harm by age is included in the Safety in Custody Statistics Bulletin, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211569 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham