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170603

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date	16/12/2014
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	Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on promoting Level 3 Building Information Modelling; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the application of the full potential of digital technology to construction and the built environment. Over the last year government and industry have been working together to develop a strategy to both define Level 3 BIM – the next phase of the technology – and to identify the key steps we will need to take to achieve the ambitions set out in the strategy. The strategy is in the final stages of completion and we hope to publish it in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/01/2015 16:34:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170606

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Christmas Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	218987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills produced electronic cards at Christmas for Ministers and other senior officials that requested them. These are designed in-house and sent by e-mail, incurring no purchase or postage costs for the Department.</p><p> </p><p>This year’s list contained over 700 recipients in total. A copy of this list can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:48:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name PQ - 218987 - 2014 Christmas card all receipents.xlsx title List of Departmental Christmas card recipients.
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170608

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	European Patent Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect the independence of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	219030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Officials in the UK Intellectual Property Office are closely and actively involved in discussions relating to the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), including the Enlarged Board. It is the UK Government position that the Boards of Appeal should be independent of the executive of the EPO, and be seen to be so. This view is shared by other EPO member states and we expect proposals to make this clearer to be considered by the Administrative Council, the Office’s supervisory body, in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 16:28:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

170612

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	218921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Care First was funded as part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The final budget allocation for Care First was £75m across 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Young Person’s Guarantee was replaced by the Youth Contract.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:34:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

170619

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 31 October 2014 from the hon. Member for Warley about compulsory purchase orders.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	218975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent on 16 December.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 16:13:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

170623

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Recommendation on page 11 of the report of the National Audit Office entitled, financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014, HC 783, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen its processes for assessing local authority funding requirements at future spending reviews.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	219027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government will publish a formal response to the Public Accounts Committee's consideration of the National Audit Office report; this will be presented to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:06:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

170627

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Quesiton 217113, when data on how many small firms and shops in each local authority will benefit from reductions in business rates in 2015-16 will be available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	218966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes hereditament (property) data for business rates measures annually through the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) returns. Specifically, this data is contained within the supplementary tables of the NNDR1 returns, which provides forecast financial and hereditament data regarding the non-domestic rates collected by all local authorities in England. For 2015-16, the financial data is expected to be published in February 2015, while the supplementary tables are expected to be released in early summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p>For 2014-15, the financial data on national non-domestic rates was published on the 19 February 2014, while the supplementary tables were added on the 29 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils#history</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:11:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

170629

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Fire and Rescue Services: Cheshire
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 non-frontline roles are currently available in (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire for firefighters who cannot meet fitness requirements for reasons beyond their control.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	218897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 11 December 2014, PQ 217653.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/01/2015 14:03:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

170630

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the independent inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council headed by Louise Casey CB; and what he expects the contribution to those costs will be from (a) his Department, (b) Rotherham Council and (c) other sources.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	218893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the statutory inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are a matter for the Inspector and we have made no estimate of these costs at this point in time. Section 12 of the Local Government Act 1999 provides that the Authority being inspected must pay the Inspector's reasonable fees for carrying out the inspection. Louise Casey CB is also undertaking further work in addition to and wholly outside the scope of the statutory inspection. The costs of this additional work will be met by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:02:21 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

170633

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the future waterproofing requirements of the armed forces of (a) the UK and (b) other NATO member states; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr James Arbuthnot
uin	218933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes all measures possible to ensure that all clothing issued to service personnel is both right for the job and right for them. We apply rigorous technical specifications and quality standards which are reviewed regularly. These assessments include regular engagement with UK Front Line Commands and NATO to ensure appropriate products are obtained for UK Armed Forces.</p><p>The new Waterproof Garments contract, commonly known as the Taped Seam Contract, includes the lightweight waterproof jacket, which can be worn under body armour; all other waterproof garments are designed to be worn without body armour.Although, currently, there is no identified requirement for chemical and biological protection or flame retardancy the new contract will include a design and development clause for future requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 218922 218923 218924 218931 218932 question first answered 05/01/2015 16:36:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	56 label Biography information for Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom