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166516

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance and advice his Department is providing to small digital supply businesses potentially adversely affected by recent changes in the designation of place of supply in VAT regulations.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	216308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has provided a significant amount of information about the VAT rule changes on the GOV.UK website, including highlighting to businesses the simplification options available to them to help them comply with the changes. HMRC has also organised a Twitter Clinic and published answers to the main questions as well as a list of ‘Top Tips’ for businesses. HMRC has also created a special e-mail address (<a href="mailto:vat2015.contact@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">vat2015.contact@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk</a>) where businesses can send HMRC any specific enquiries they may have.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 216309 question first answered 04/12/2014 17:29:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

166517

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Arms Trade: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria must be met for an arms export licence to be revoked.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	216328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Article 32(1) of the Export Control Order 2008 (as amended) empowers my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to vary or revoke export licences at any time. The 2008 Order does not specify the grounds on which a licence may be revoked. In practice the reasons include:</p><p> </p><p>(i) As a result of the imposition of EU or UN sanctions;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) Where there has been a change in Government policy in respect of the export of certain goods, or the export of specified goods to a certain destination, and the proposed export is no longer consistent with the revised policy;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Where there has been a change in circumstances in the destination country or region such that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iv) Where new information has come to light about a particular export which indicates that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(v) Where an exporter has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the licence, or as a result of enforcement action by HMRC/UK Border Agency; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(vi) For administrative reasons, such as a company ceasing to trade and therefore no longer being able to use the licence, or where the exporter requests an amendment to a licence and revoking and re-issuing it is simpler than making an amendment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:44:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

166518

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	EU External Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which countries in the proposed TTIP trading bloc domestic courts have failed to provide compensation to foreign corporations whose property has been unfairly confiscated or whose contracts have been unfairly terminated; and what the reasons were for compensation not having been given.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	216258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not routinely hold information on, or assess the fairness or otherwise of, the compensation decisions of courts in other countries except for individual cases that are brought to our attention by British companies.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 16:30:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

166526

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
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 effect on small digital supply businesses of recent changes in designation of place of supply in VAT regulations.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	216309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has provided a significant amount of information about the VAT rule changes on the GOV.UK website, including highlighting to businesses the simplification options available to them to help them comply with the changes. HMRC has also organised a Twitter Clinic and published answers to the main questions as well as a list of ‘Top Tips’ for businesses. HMRC has also created a special e-mail address (<a href="mailto:vat2015.contact@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">vat2015.contact@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk</a>) where businesses can send HMRC any specific enquiries they may have.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 216308 question first answered 04/12/2014 17:29:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

166529

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the regional economic effect of (a) Birmingham Airport, (b) Manchester Airport, (c) Glasgow Airport, (d) Edinburgh Airport, (e) Newcastle Airport and (f) Bristol Airport.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	216284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s Aviation Policy Framework, published in March 2013, recognised the contribution that airports across the UK – including all those listed by my Hon. Friend – make to the local, regional and national economies, and the important role they play in securing connectivity for local populations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2014 14:37:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

166536

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Holidays
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 his Department is taking to promote holidays in the UK to British residents; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	216286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Supported by more than £8 million of investment by the Government, VisitEngland continues to run the biggest ever domestic tourism campaign, ‘Holidays at Home are GREAT’. The first two campaigns in 2012 and 2013 resulted in £380 million incremental spend generated by domestic visitors across Britain. A third campaign was launched at the end of March 2014. Supported by £19.8 million from the Regional Growth Fund, VisitEngland are also promoting and developing domestic tourism through its ‘Growing Tourism Locally’ campaign, which aims to increase visits and incremental tourism spend, and in doing so, grow jobs in the tourism sector.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/12/2014 11:33:38 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

166544

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the cap on the number of dental and medical students has not been extended to cover pharmacy students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	216260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Pharmacy students are funded in the same way as chemistry, biology and other science subjects which will not be subject to a student number control at HEFCE funded institutions in 2015/16. Medicine and dentistry attract a much larger amount of Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant funding than science subjects like pharmacy. Therefore it would not be appropriate to cap pharmacy student numbers.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/12/2014 16:23:55 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

166546

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	216302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 15:46:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

166550

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to paragraph 25 of the impact assessment of the Government response to the consultation on support for community energy projets under the feed-in-tariff scheme, for what reason those changes have been designed to deliver no additional overall deployment of solar PV to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	216317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The changes to the community provisions of the Feed in Tariff (FITs) scheme announced on 13 November, have been designed to encourage a shift from commercial and household to community ownership of renewable electricity projects, rather than bringing forward any new additional deployment. The policy has been designed in this way to allow us to manage costs for consumers within the Levy Control Framework (LCF).</p><p>This approach is in line with wider work being taken forward through the Community Energy Strategy1 and the Shared Ownership Taskforce2, to unlock barriers to community ownership of renewable electricity projects. The Community Energy Strategy estimated deployment of community projects of all sizes to range from 500MW to 3GW by 2020, with a central estimate of 600MW.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Community Energy Strategy (January 2014) (DECC). See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-energy-strategy</em></p><p> </p><p><em>2</em> <em>The Shared Ownership Taskforce includes representatives from the renewables industry and the community energy sector. They have developed a voluntary approach to increasing shared ownership of new, commercial onshore renewables developments. For further information see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/shared-ownership-taskforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/shared-ownership-taskforce</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/12/2014 15:16:20 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

166551

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of addtional rooftop solar PV expected to be installed in 2015-16 as a result of the feed-in tariff changes announced on 2 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	216316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The creation of separate feed-in tariff degression bands for 1) 50kW+ building-mounted/other-than-stand-alone (typically rooftop solar PV) and 2) ground mounted/stand-alone solar PV was announced on 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2014. The objective is to remove the risk of high levels of stand-alone deployment triggering degressions for the other-than-stand-alone sector which are not reflective of falls in its costs or the removal of barriers to deployment.</p><p>The amount of 50kW+ other-than-stand-alone solar PV expected to be installed (deployment) in 2015-16 under a range of scenarios is set out in Table 1 of the Impact Assessment.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360306/FITs_solar_IA_MASTER.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360306/FITs_solar_IA_MASTER.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/12/2014 15:15:35 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name FITs_solar_IA_MASTER.pdf title FITs & Solar Impact Assessment
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas