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224481

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	225947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Last year, the Prime Minister commissioned a review into the philosophy, <br>activities, impact and influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, both in the UK and <br>overseas. The review is internal and work is underway to consider the resulting <br>policy options. We expect to comment publicly about its conclusions in <br>due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 225948 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:14:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

224356

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish the findings of the Government's employment review to improve the clarity and status of the employment of the British workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>We intend to publish in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/03/2015 15:39:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224352

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of support provided by each Business Bank programme was from a non-major bank in each month since those programmes began.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) is the only British Business Bank programme administered through the major banks. The proportion has risen very sharply over the past five years. The table below shows the flow of EFG loans administered by non-major banks by number of loans per quarter. For the purpose of this question the major banks have been defined as HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% EFG loans provided by non-big four banks (by number of loans)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:47:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224354

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many growth vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) redeemed to date; how many businesses have made enquiries on the growth vouchers scheme; and how many applications for growth vouchers have been received in each month since the scheme started.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Since the pioneering research programme began on 27 January 2014, 12,130 businesses have been issued with a growth voucher, and 2,095 vouchers have been redeemed to date. The total figure on vouchers redeemed will be available in July 2015 as the last vouchers expire at the end of June.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been over 26,197 applications in total and 16,428 small businesses have been given advice on what support they should be seeking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A monthly breakdown is below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of applications received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>1,819</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>1,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>1,591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>1,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>4,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>3,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>5,594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not collect data on the number of business enquiries to the Growth Voucher programme. However, the 115,316 visits to the Growth Voucher eligibility page on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> gives an indication on the number businesses making enquires on the Growth Voucher scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:45:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224528

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Social Rented Housing
	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 people have been fined for non-payment of rent and services in social housing in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	225835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information.<br><br> Office of Fair Trading guidance on unfair terms in tenancy agreements explains that they regard the imposition of a fixed daily or monthly charge for overdue rent as being penal rather than compensatory in nature and unfair (paragraph 3.46). Annex A of the guidance explains that the regulations apply to social housing tenancies (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284440/oft356.pdf).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/03/2015 15:43:38 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

224477

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	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 is taking to ensure that police officers have information on the amount of pension they would receive under a new pension scheme before they are required to make a decision on their participation in such a scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	225832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2015 Police Pension Regulations will be laid before Parliament today<br>to allow the new pension scheme for Police Officers to come into force on 1 <br>April. The Home Office has published guidance for members of the scheme <br>alongside side this which is available at: <br>https://www.gov.uk/police-pension-reform<br><br>Information about the principles of the reforms has been in the public domain <br>for some time. This includes: the Reform Design Framework which was published <br>on the Home Office Website in September 2012; an online calculator which allows <br>officers to determine what benefits they might receive under the new <br>arrangements; and guidance that specifies which officers qualify for <br>transitional protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/03/2015 16:03:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

224421

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	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	Homelessness: Wales
	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 (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there were in each constituency in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	225881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold this information which is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/03/2015 15:41:17 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

224479

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Wrexham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers employed in Wrexham constituency for frontline duties in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	225883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect police workforce information at the requested <br>level. The deployment of available resources is a matter for chief officers <br>locally, working with their Police and Crime Commissioner.<br><br>At the overall police force area level, according to the definitions set out by <br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, North Wales Police plan to have <br>1428 police officers working in frontline roles by March 2015. This represents <br>95 % of the total police officer workforce compared to 92%<br>(1,458 officers) in <br>March 2010. <br><br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear there is no simple <br>link between officer numbers and crime levels. This is supported by the <br>reduction in crime of more than one fifth under this Government, according to <br>the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/03/2015 16:03:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

224478

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help to promote awareness of Tell MAMA and (b) encourage reporting of anti-Muslim incidents.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	225817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Coalition Government is committed to building confidence and making it <br>easier for victims of all types of hate crime to come forward and report what <br>has happened to them.<br><br>We are working with key voluntary sector organisations to encourage greater <br>reporting of all hate crimes, for example through the use of third party <br>reporting services such as Tell MAMA. We are also working closely with the <br>police to support the development of their True Vision website, which allows <br>victims of hate crime to report it electronically. <br><br>We provided start-up funding for the Tell MAMA website in 2011/12, and we have <br>also set up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim <br>hatred. As part of this group, Home Office officials engage with Muslim <br>communities to increase awareness of hate crime against Muslim communities and <br>organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 05/03/2015 16:13:04 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

224454

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations will receive funding from the national HIV prevention programme in 2015-16; how much each such organisation will receive; and what activity will be funded by that funding.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	225936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Plans for the 2015/16 HIV prevention programme will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225922 question first answered 05/03/2015 15:53:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger