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143349

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the costs to insolvency practitioners of holding a physical creditor meeting in an insolvency procedure.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	213841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The cost of holding a meeting varies according to the insolvency process and the nature of the meeting being held.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the cost of the initial meetings in various insolvency procedures are included in the Impact Assessment [“Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: proposed changes to the law governing insolvency proceedings impact assessment”, BIS/14/935, 30 October 2014] and range from £144 in a bankruptcy to £420 for an administration.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Process</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost of meeting/£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creditors’ voluntary liquidation</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory winding-up (official receiver)</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Company voluntary arrangement</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bankruptcy (official receiver)</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Individual voluntary arrangement</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/11/2014 14:32:04 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

143350

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the saving to the public purse made by removing the provision for insolvency practitioners to call a physical creditor meeting.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	213842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The savings to creditors identified in the first year from removal of the requirement to hold a meeting and abolition of final meetings in liquidations and bankruptcies where the official receiver is not the office holder, are estimated to be at least £9.2m (comprised of £2.9m for removal of requirement for meetings and £6.3m for abolition of final meetings).</p><p> </p><p>We have not sought to quantify the savings to the public purse, such as the specific benefit to HMRC as a creditor. We have however estimated that around 10% of creditors are not businesses, so approximately £0.9m of savings can be attributed to such creditors as Crown departments, employees and customers for deposits.</p><p> </p><p>The savings figures are based on 2013 costs.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/11/2014 14:34:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

143351

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of (a) secured and (b) unsecured creditors who attend creditor meetings during an insolvency procedure.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	213843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no central record of how many creditors attend meetings in person, but evidence indicates that attendance at meetings is very low and that many meetings are not attended at all.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 report, “Review of Insolvency Practitioner Fees” by Professor Elaine Kempson, estimated that only 4% of creditors attend meetings in person and that fully secured creditors seldom attend in person.</p><p> </p><p>The report goes on to say that two firms had actually calculated the percentage of creditors attending meetings in person. A large firm had calculated that 1% of creditors do so, and a smaller firm had calculated the amount to be 3.5%.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/11/2014 14:33:03 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

143358

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to increase the resources allocated to HM Revenue and Customs to reduce tax avoidance by large multinational corporations.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	213846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>This government has taken a wide range of action to tackle corporate tax avoidance over this parliament, sending out a clear message that large businesses need to pay their fair share. We have closed down numerous loopholes and have led efforts at the G20 and OECD to reform the international rules that some multinationals exploit to avoid tax. Work is continuing at pace with our international partners to finalise recommendations and to deliver those reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this we have invested heavily in Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax compliance activities, including a £30 million funding provided at Autumn Statement 2012 to increase work on identifying and challenging multinationals’ transfer pricing arrangements and further strengthening risk assessment capability across the large business sector. As a result of close monitoring and compliance work HMRC recovered around £31 billion in tax revenues from large UK businesses between April 2010 and March 2014. In addition, this year HMRC launched a new dedicated Large Business directorate to deal closely with the tax affairs of the 2,100 largest businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/11/2014 14:02:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

143367

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Fire Services: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the retirement age of his Department's firefighters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>I receive regular written representations from right hon. and hon. Members, Trade Unions and others on this issue.</p><p>I have this year met the Prospect and Unite unions to discuss the normal pension age of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service. The issue was also raised at the Defence Whitley committee which I chaired in May and during my visit to the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre at Manston.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/11/2014 17:37:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

143372

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the recent training operations for Libyan soldiers.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The additional costs of the recent training programme for Libyan Armed Forces personnel is given in the attached table:</p><p> </p><p>The Libyan government has agreed to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for these costs. They have already paid £2.5 million, and we will continue to negotiate with them over paying the balance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, small numbers of Libyan Armed Forces have been trained in UK staff colleges over the last three years and in Libya by the Defence Advisory Team. These activities cost approximately £0.5 million in financial year (FY) 2012-13 and approximately £1.7 million in FY 2013-14. The forecast for this activity in FY 2014-15 is £0.2 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 213247 213248 213336 213337 213404 214166 question first answered 21/11/2014 11:01:30 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 213404 - Costs to UK for Training of Libyan Service Personnel.doc title Costs to UK of Training Libyan Service Personnel previous answer version 28828 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

143373

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missions the RAF has flown in 2014 to date in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>From 1 January to 10 November 2014, the total number of RAF missions flown in Iraq by all UK military aircraft is 251.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 18/11/2014 17:37:29 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

143374

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of airstrikes in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Airstrikes in Iraq, including those conducted by the RAF, have contributed directly to halting some of ISIL's advances, and supporting Iraqi forces engaged on the ground. We routinely assess the results of each strike conducted by UK aircraft, and the overall effect of strikes, including through the use of our surveillance assets, which we have deployed to improve the coalition's understanding of the situation on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 19/11/2014 17:51:46 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

143376

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which periods officers in the armed forces have been trained on the operation and use of drone technology in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	213867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>In the last two years training on the unarmed HERMES 450 Unmanned Aircraft System has been conducted by Army personnel in Israel on a regular basis. The last training took place in July 2014. This training was a mixture of individual and pre-deployment training for HERMES operators, and technical training for support personnel. Over this period, more than 270 personnel received training by the civilian contractor in Israel. No training has been conducted within the Occupied Palestinian territories.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 19/11/2014 17:52:21 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

143378

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35 Lightning II aircraft are intended to operate on each of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	213860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers will have the capacity to operate up to 36 Lightning II aircraft and four helicopters fitted with AEW radar. The QEC aircraft carriers are extremely versatile platforms and the precise mix of aircraft deployed will depend on the type of mission being undertaken. Operations in the littoral, for example, may require embarkation of more helicopters and fewer fast jets.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/11/2014 17:41:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker