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227909

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Inter-Ministerial Group on Violence Against Women and Girls has made on implementing recommendation 11 of the HMIC report Everyone's business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse into policing on domestic violence; and when she expects the further multi-agency inspection referred to in that report to take place.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	227744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Recommendation 11 of the HMIC report relates to a multi-agency inspection on domestic abuse. The Home Secretary wrote to Ministerial colleagues seeking support to multi-agency inspections in January. <br><br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary will continue to inspect the police response to domestic abuse as part of their annual all-force PEEL (Police Efficiency, Effectiveness and Legitimacy) inspection programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 25/03/2015 11:26:37 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

227754

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The vast majority of Ministry of Defence (MOD) mobile phones are supplied via the central Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS). For standard issue phones, the downloading of external applications is not enabled.</p><p>There are a number of trials of Android devices (including tablets and smart phones) underway in the MOD. Users with devices supplied via the DFTS trial can download most applications as required, although security considerations prevent them from downloading some applications. Users with tablets supplied via the central Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) trial can download only a limited set of applications from an internal applications store.</p><p>Outside the provisions of the DFTS and DII arrangements, some MOD business areas have purchased devices (mobile phones and tablets) and associated applications independently. However, there is no business requirement to record details centrally; as a result, collated information related to these is not held.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 16:00:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227756

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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, what steps have been taken to eliminate uncommanded wing drop when manoeuvring the F-35B.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	227873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Strike Fighter programme has completed an extensive period of dedicated development flight test to both assess the impact of uncommanded wing drop (called transonic roll off) and mitigate its impact. The results of flight test have been to use a combination of control surface inputs from the leading edge flaps, trailing edge flaps and horizontal tails which have been applied differentially using software driven flight controls when the aircraft is operating at elevated angles of attack in the transonic flight condition.</p><p>It is extremely difficult to totally remove transonic roll from the transonic area of the flight regime, but these changes in the software control laws have lessened its severity and it has been assessed that they are now acceptable by the experienced flight crews that have flown with them. The programme leadership, which includes the UK Ministry of Defence, has concluded that they will allow the aircraft and pilots to execute the mission. The programme will continue to monitor and refine the flight control laws throughout the life of the aircraft as the aircraft's capability develops and if the target set and mission changes.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/03/2015 14:34:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

227757

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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, what assessment he has made of the effects of buffeting and transonic roll-off on the ability of (a) the helmet-mounted display systems to display symbology and (b) gyroscopes in the inertial platforms to operate correctly on the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	227874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Strike Fighter programme has completed an extensive period of dedicated flight test to assess the impact of buffeting and transonic roll-off on both the helmet mounted display and gyroscopes in the inertial platforms. The conclusion of these flight tests, which have used changes in the flight control laws to mitigate both conditions throughout the flight envelope, is that the helmet mounted display and gyroscopic equipment meet the required performance specification and are fit for purpose to allow pilots to execute the mission. It is only in one area of the flight regime where buffet makes screen symbology difficult to read, and this is at the extremes of the envelope and extremely short lived as the aircraft manoeuvres, it is considered that they can be overcome by pilot training. These flight trials have included UK test pilots who have agreed with the conclusions of the US experts from government and industry.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/03/2015 14:36:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

227758

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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 production Joint Strike Fighter F-35B aircraft have been received by the UK armed forces; and how many of those aircraft have achieved supersonic speeds.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	227875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has received three F-35B aircraft in the low rate initial production phase. None of the production aircraft have achieved supersonic speeds to date. Although the F-35 design has been tested up to supersonic flight there is currently a flight restriction that prevents this as the aircraft are awaiting modification. There is currently no requirement for the aircraft to achieve supersonic flight in support of the UK's current phase of introduction to service which is focused initial operational test and training activity.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/03/2015 14:35:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

227761

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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, what assessment he has made of the level of susceptibility of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B to catching fire or exploding due to a lighting strike (a) while flying and (b) on the ground.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	227936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The F-35 design has yet to complete its lightning strike testing. Due to this incomplete testing, and the fact that design modifications are planned to meet required levels of performance, a flight restriction has been placed on the aircraft which prevents operation within 25 nautical miles of lightning conditions. This restriction is reduced when the aircraft is on the ground to 10 nautical miles and also uses additional protection measures such as shelters. These restrictions will be lifted once modifications have been embodied and testing completed. The modification and testing is due to be completed ahead of UK Introduction to Service in mid 2016.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/03/2015 14:35:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

227764

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number and proportion of employees in the Ministry of Defence identified as white or white British, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, mixed or multiple ethnic group and another ethnicity is shown in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Service Personnel as at 1 April 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>All Personnel</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Services</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>146,440</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>6,450</p></td><td><p>2,025</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>92.9%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p> </p><p>2. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as “other ethnic background”.</p><p>Unknown includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those who chose not to declare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Civilian Personnel at 1 April 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Civilian Personnel</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>White</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Asian</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Black</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Mixed</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Other</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Unknown</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>39,780</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6,570</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The table above excludes Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and Locally Engaged Civilians overseas (LEC) for whom declaration data are not available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p> </p><p>3. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as &quot;other ethnic background&quot;.</p><p> </p><p>4. Ethnicity is a self declared characteristic on the civilian Human Resources Management System. As such, those personnel that have not declared at all and/or have chosen &quot;not to declare&quot; are reflected under the heading &quot;Unknown&quot; in the table above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 15:57:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227720

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have registered their interest in the marriage allowance to date; and what proportion of those people (a) are over 65, (b) are men, (c) are women and (d) have children under 18.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	227758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenu &amp; Customs (HMRC) launched its registration system for the Marriage Allowance on 20 February and people are registering their interest all the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/03/2015 11:44:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

227716

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Pensioner Bonds are not included in the Tax Deduction Scheme for Interest.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2015, the Chancellor announced that from April 6<sup>th</sup> 2016, a new savings allowance will remove 95% of people from savings income tax. As a result the industry is expected to switch off the Tax Deduction Scheme for Interest (TDSI), and NS&amp;I plan to start paying interest gross on all taxable products, including the 65+ “Pensioner” Bond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Bonds are not included in TDSI as NS&amp;I as a whole does not operate TDSI. Instead NS&amp;I decide on a product-by-product basis as to whether taxable products should be paid net or gross of basic rate tax. At the time 65+ bonds were being developed, the majority of pensioners were basic rate tax payers, and therefore liable to be taxed at the basic rate on the interest on their savings. Paying interest net of the basic rate on 65+ bonds meant that the majority of customers would be taxed correctly without the need to intervene.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When TDSI was implemented in 1991, it was decided that it was not appropriate or cost-effective for NS&amp;I. The option to join was kept under review, but as 72% of NS&amp;I’s total stock is invested in tax-free products, and a large proportion of NS&amp;I customers are not liable to pay tax on the remaining taxable products, it is considered to be prohibitively expensive to the taxpayer for NS&amp;I to join the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/03/2015 11:25:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

227694

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT-registered property rental companies there were in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Supplies of residential property letting are exempt from VAT, so businesses that only make such exempt supplies are not entitled to register for VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In each of the relevant years, the number of VAT- registered businesses whose declared trade classification was Letting or Renting own or Leased Real Estate was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p><p>No of VAT registered businesses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2005</p></td><td><p>4,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2006</p></td><td><p>4,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2008</p></td><td><p>10,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p><p>18,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>22,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p><p>26,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p><p>29,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>32,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 228302 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:47:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash