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636153

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Gulf Strategy Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2016 to Question 47797, whether the Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Team's remit includes co-ordinating the Government's strategic policy on the size of the UK's permanent military presence in the Gulf states.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	52851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Team is not responsible for coordinating policy relating to Britain’s permanent military presence in the Gulf States. This is a Ministry of Defence responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 21/11/2016 09:45:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

636154

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of towns and villages which have been left without a bank in the last five years due to local branch closures.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	52877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not produce estimates relating to bank branch closures.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 17/11/2016 16:37:40 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

636155

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the system due to replace Customs CHIEF to a more-intelligence led, frictionless border.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	52733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The controlled physical release of goods at UK ports is an essential part of the future Customs operational model. To support this model the new Customs Declaration Service will incorporate a fully automated risk assessment tool using intelligence driven information to target illicit freight movements. This approach will minimise the administrative burdens at the border for the majority of compliant imports and exports.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:45:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

636156

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Concentrix
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department concluded its agreement with Concentrix to end the contract with that company to administer tax credits on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	52750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs and Concentrix concluded the final terms of the mutually agreed decision to terminate the contract on Friday 11th November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:44:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

636157

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU nationals who live abroad claim UK state pension in each non-UK EU country; and what the total value is of these payments annually.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	52796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is paid worldwide to those who are eligible. Entitlement to State Pension is based not on nationality but on a person’s national insurance contributions record. Therefore, from the information we hold on those in receipt of the UK State Pension in EU countries we cannot separately identify EU and UK nationals. In addition, we do not hold information on pension entitlements administered by other EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52797 question first answered 22/11/2016 12:57:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636158

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners who live outside the UK receive pensions from other EU countries; and how many receive such entitlements from each other EU country.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	52797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is paid worldwide to those who are eligible. Entitlement to State Pension is based not on nationality but on a person’s national insurance contributions record. Therefore, from the information we hold on those in receipt of the UK State Pension in EU countries we cannot separately identify EU and UK nationals. In addition, we do not hold information on pension entitlements administered by other EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52796 question first answered 22/11/2016 12:57:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636159

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Freedom of Information requests his Department has received in respect of requests for documents relating to meetings held between the oil and gas sector and Ministers and officials of his Department; what response his Department provided to those requests; and what the reasons were for each such response.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 22/11/2016 15:25:38 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

636160

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	West Midlands Combined Authority
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 full-time equivalent civil servants employed by his Department work in support of the West Midlands Combined Authority; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	52835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>It is for local areas to resource the work of Combined Authorities. This includes the West Midlands Combined Authority. More broadly the government has established the Cities and Local Growth Unit. This unit supports the implementation of policies that seek to drive local economic growth and take forward devolution. The unit has almost 150 staff based in London and a number of regional locations, including in the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 17/11/2016 16:50:58 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

636161

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on the design and construction of affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	52775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has published a number of guidance documents around design and sustainability providing practical, delivery related knowledge, research findings and good practice. The Department has also published the Starter Homes Design Guide. I have supplied the relevant links below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-design" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-design<br></a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/topic/housing/design-and-sustainability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/topic/housing/design-and-sustainability</a></p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/capital-funding-guide-hca</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/11/2016 16:50:18 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

636162

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	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, what estimate he has made of the amount in devolved business rates which will be collected by each combined authority in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	52866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Combined authorities are not currently part of the business rates retention scheme and neither collect, nor retain local business rates.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/11/2016 11:50:51 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham