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652260

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Road Safety Statement, published in December 2015, what progress has been made on the revision of government buying guidelines to promote the uptake of procuring safer vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	56093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) is working with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) - who own the Government Buying Standards (GBS) for vehicle procurement - on an update that will promote the purchase of safer and cleaner vehicles where appropriate. New standards are expected by 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/12/2016 11:01:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

652261

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many safer vehicles have been procured by each government department since the adoption of the Road Safety Statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	56094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The high-level vehicle data that is held centrally does not include the safety specific standard equipment or the optional safety related extras that may have been added. Consequently, we are unable to provide the information required.</p><p>The Crown Commercial Service is committed to supporting the British Road Safety Statement and has recently put in place a Vehicle Telematics Framework to support public sector fleets in addressing driver behaviour and adopting safer driving policies.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/12/2016 09:32:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

652262

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have verified their identity using the gov.uk Verify system since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	56146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>GOV.UK Verify is already accepting registrations. Citizens have been able to verify their identities in order to access government services since 14 October 2014. Since then, GOV.UK Verify has been used more than 1 million times, with 945,000 identity accounts verified so far.</p><p>Work on the two main local authority trials - relating to residents’ parking permit services applications and older people’s concessionary travel - started in October and November 2016 respectively. Both trials are currently in their user research and design phases; the build and testing of prototypes will start in February 2017. GOV.UK Verify expects the first local authority councils to connect to its platform in summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 56147 question first answered 08/12/2016 09:15:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652263

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the gov.uk Verify to be in use by the 19 local authorities participating in proposed local government trials of that service.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	56147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>GOV.UK Verify is already accepting registrations. Citizens have been able to verify their identities in order to access government services since 14 October 2014. Since then, GOV.UK Verify has been used more than 1 million times, with 945,000 identity accounts verified so far.</p><p>Work on the two main local authority trials - relating to residents’ parking permit services applications and older people’s concessionary travel - started in October and November 2016 respectively. Both trials are currently in their user research and design phases; the build and testing of prototypes will start in February 2017. GOV.UK Verify expects the first local authority councils to connect to its platform in summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 56146 question first answered 08/12/2016 09:15:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652264

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the reported dash for cash policy relating to senior managers at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	56156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The allegations relating to the actions of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group are being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority. In November this year the FCA released the summary findings of the skilled person’s report it commissioned to investigate these allegations. The FCA is an independent, non-governmental body and the review is solely within its remit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/12/2016 14:40:57 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

652265

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2016 to Question 55190, what estimate he has made of the proportion of spending from the National Productivity Investment Fund to be allocated to projects outside London; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	56178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The government has established a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to provide £23bn of additional spending between 2017/18 and 2021/22. Every penny spent by the UK government is explicitly earmarked for areas that are critical to boosting productivity: economic infrastructure (transport and digital communications), Research and Development (R&amp;D), and housing.</p><p> </p><p>Further details about specifically how and where this money will be invested will be set out by the relevant departments and agencies in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Where spending on measures within the NPIF does not extend to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the devolved administrations will receive funding through the Barnett formula in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/12/2016 14:52:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

652266

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people employed in human resources roles in his Department have (a) prior experience and (b) qualifications in human resources.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	56120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally within HM Treasury. The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/12/2016 14:37:36 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652267

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change required in the (a) cost and (b) number of personnel required for customs administration if the UK departs the (i) EU single market and (ii) EU customs union.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	56122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>No decision has been taken on whether the UK remains in the EU single market or the EU customs union. The relationship we build with the EU will be bespoke to the UK. The government is considering carefully the impact of all the available options.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/12/2016 14:45:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

652268

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase duty paid on white cider products.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	56138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol duties, and is always willing to consider any evidence in relation to alcohol taxation policy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/12/2016 14:53:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

652269

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in recovering unpaid taxes following publication of the Panama papers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	56060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>On 8 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary updated the House on the work of the cross-agency taskforce that was set up to analyse and take action on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Consortium_of_Investigative_Journalists" target="_blank">International Consortium of Investigative Journalists</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICIJ" target="_blank">ICIJ</a>)’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers" target="_blank">Panama Papers</a> data leak.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this update, they confirmed that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had opened civil and criminal investigations into 22 individuals for suspected tax evasion, and has placed 43 high net worth individuals under special review while their links to Panama are further investigated.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will engage the relevant prosecuting authorities to bring any identified wrongdoing before the courts. On 7 December, it confirmed that two arrests had been made as part of a criminal investigation involving the use of a number of offshore companies to disguise the beneficial ownership of UK property.</p><p> </p><p>As stated previously, Parliament will be kept updated on any significant developments.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/12/2016 14:44:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald