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Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Staff more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments 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. more like this
tabling member constituency Ashfield more like this
tabling member printed
Gloria De Piero more like this
uin 227952 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
answer text <p>It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s </strong></p><p><strong>Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution </strong></p><p><strong>Service </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnic Origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed/Multiple Ethnic</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White/White British</p></td><td><p>883</p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td><td><p>4478</p></td><td><p>70.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Ethnic</p><p>Background</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* TSol data also covers the staff of the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</em></p><p> </p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-03-25T14:40:33.367Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T14:40:33.367Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3915
label Biography information for Gloria De Piero more like this
227691
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Easter more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring into force the provision contained in the Easter Act 1928 to fix the date of Easter; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency East Yorkshire more like this
tabling member printed
Sir Greg Knight more like this
uin 227857 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-24more like thismore than 2015-03-24
answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills does not intend to bring the Easter Act 1928 into force in the near future. The Easter Act 1928 would set the date for Easter to fall on a Sunday between 9 and 15 April each year. The Easter Act 1928 remains on the Statute Book, but has not been brought into force. To do so would require an Order in Council, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament. The Act also requires that, before the Order is made, &quot;regard shall be had to any opinion officially expressed by any Church or other Christian Body.&quot; There is no indication that the Churches are keen to move to a date for Easter fixed in accordance with the Easter Act 1928.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
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less than 2015-03-24T15:31:38.887Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-24T15:31:38.887Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
1200
label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight more like this
227692
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Adult Education: Hackney more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Skills Funding Letter 2015 to 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the change in adult skills funding between 2014-15 and 2015-16 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. more like this
tabling member constituency Hackney South and Shoreditch more like this
tabling member printed
Meg Hillier more like this
uin 227859 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
answer text <p>The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 have recently been shared with colleges and providers. They will be published on the Skills Funding Agency website as a matter of course.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford more like this
answering member printed Nick Boles more like this
grouped question UIN 227860 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-03-25T11:52:41.73Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T11:52:41.73Z
answering member
3995
label Biography information for Nick Boles more like this
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52064
answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford more like this
answering member printed Nick Boles more like this
answering member
3995
label Biography information for Nick Boles more like this
tabling member
1524
label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier more like this
227693
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Adult Education: Hackney more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in adult skills funding since 2010 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. more like this
tabling member constituency Hackney South and Shoreditch more like this
tabling member printed
Meg Hillier more like this
uin 227860 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
answer text <p>The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 have recently been shared with colleges and providers. They will be published on the Skills Funding Agency website as a matter of course.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford more like this
answering member printed Nick Boles more like this
grouped question UIN 227859 more like this
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less than 2015-03-25T11:52:41.87Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T11:52:41.87Z
answering member
3995
label Biography information for Nick Boles more like this
previous answer version
52061
answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford more like this
answering member printed Nick Boles more like this
answering member
3995
label Biography information for Nick Boles more like this
tabling member
1524
label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier more like this
227694
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading VAT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT-registered property rental companies there were in each year since May 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Airdrie and Shotts more like this
tabling member printed
Pamela Nash more like this
uin 227906 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
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 more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
grouped question UIN 228302 more like this
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less than 2015-03-25T17:47:41.6Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T17:47:41.6Z
answering member
4117
label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
3909
label Biography information for Pamela Nash more like this
227701
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading ICT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley more like this
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 227818 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-24more like thismore than 2015-03-24
answer text <p>We provide apps on request for Cabinet Office. News apps currently available to our users are:</p><p>BBC News</p><p>Sky News</p><p>The Daily Mail</p><p>The Financial Times</p><p>The Guardian</p><p>The Independent</p><p>The Mirror</p><p>The Spectator</p><p>The Sun</p><p>The Telegraph</p><p>The Times</p><p>We will add new applications as they are requested by our users. I missed some off the list previously but can confirm they are all now available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Horsham more like this
answering member printed Mr Francis Maude more like this
grouped question UIN 227822 more like this
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less than 2015-03-24T16:39:36.333Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-24T16:39:36.333Z
answering member
115
label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this
227702
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Private Rented Housing: Blackpool more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median weekly rent in the private rented sector in Blackpool South constituency was in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015. more like this
tabling member constituency Blackpool South more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Gordon Marsden more like this
uin 227927 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-24more like thismore than 2015-03-24
answer text <p>The table below shows the median weekly rental values in Blackpool South constituency for the 12 months to the end of May 2010 and the 12 months to the end of February 2015. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole pound.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Median Weekly Rents in Blackpool South Constituency</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Blackpool</strong><strong> South Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>Median Weekly Rent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year ending May 2010</p></td><td><p>£120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year ending February 2015</p></td><td><p>£115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire more like this
answering member printed Mr David Gauke more like this
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less than 2015-03-24T17:51:08.18Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-24T17:51:08.18Z
answering member
1529
label Biography information for Mr David Gauke more like this
tabling member
465
label Biography information for Gordon Marsden more like this
227713
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Inheritance Tax more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates notified for probate and valued up to £1 million paid no inheritance tax in each year since May 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Airdrie and Shotts more like this
tabling member printed
Pamela Nash more like this
uin 227908 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of estates with values up to £1million notified to HMRC that are not liable to Inheritance Tax for deaths in years up to 2011/12 (the latest year for which information is currently available) have been published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338970/140729Table12-3DUChecked.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338970/140729Table12-3DUChecked.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many of the estates in this table with a ‘net estate’ value of more than the Inheritance Tax threshold (including any unused amount transferred from a deceased spouse or civil partner) do not have a liability because of the availability of reliefs and exemptions, which will reduce the net estate value to below this threshold.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Northamptonshire more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
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less than 2015-03-25T11:19:25.89Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T11:19:25.89Z
answering member
4117
label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
3909
label Biography information for Pamela Nash more like this
227716
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading National Savings Bonds: Pensioners more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Pensioner Bonds are not included in the Tax Deduction Scheme for Interest. more like this
tabling member constituency Bedford more like this
tabling member printed
Richard Fuller more like this
uin 227947 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
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 more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
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less than 2015-03-25T11:25:08.157Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T11:25:08.157Z
answering member
4117
label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
3912
label Biography information for Richard Fuller more like this
227720
registered interest false remove filter
date remove filter
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Married People: Tax Allowances more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North more like this
tabling member printed
Catherine McKinnell more like this
uin 227758 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-03-25more like thismore than 2015-03-25
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> more like this
answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire more like this
answering member printed Mr David Gauke more like this
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less than 2015-03-25T11:44:36.75Zmore like thismore than 2015-03-25T11:44:36.75Z
answering member
1529
label Biography information for Mr David Gauke more like this
tabling member
4125
label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell more like this