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692441

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make further payments to people affected by regulatory failings at Equitable Life.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/02/2017 12:09:02 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

692443

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HM Revenue and Customs experienced difficulties with the 2015-16 tax calculation producing correct repayments due for that year; and when those difficulties are likely to be resolved.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	64856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>While significant numbers of customers are not affected, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had identified some issues with the self-assessment tax calculation. These related to Class 2 National Insurance contributions and the Marriage Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has either fixed these issues directly or has adopted processes to deal with them effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/02/2017 12:56:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

692446

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that more women participate in pension schemes and company share ownerships.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	64798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment was designed to help more people save for their retirement, including groups who historically have been less likely to save, such as women and lower earners. The policy is working, with over 7.3 million people enrolled by the end of January 2017. Around two thirds of women are in the eligible target population for automatic enrolment and 10 million workers are estimated to be newly saving or saving more as a result of Automatic Enrolment by 2018, of which 3.6 million are women.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of automatic enrolment, the private sector has seen the largest increases in participation in workplace pensions and by 2014 there was no gender gap in participation. As of 2015 female participation in the private sector had actually risen to a slightly higher level of 70 per cent compared to 69 per cent for male eligible employees. This represents a 30 percentage point increase for women from 2012 (whilst participation for men has increased by 26 percentage points) continuing the upward trend since the introduction of automatic enrolment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government’s decision to freeze the value of the automatic enrolment earnings trigger at £10,000 in 2017/18 is estimated to result in around 70,000 extra people being brought into automatic enrolment of whom around 50,000 (75 per cent) are women.</p><p> </p><p>As part of my Department’s review of automatic enrolment, which we have embarked on this year, we will look at how we can build on its success so that it continues to meet the needs of individual savers, including women. In addition to considering those not currently benefitting from the policy, this review will look at strengthening the evidence base concerning future contributions, and how we can maximise engagement with work place pension saving.</p><p>The government believes that employee share ownership in its various forms can help drive productivity and increase employee engagement. To support employee share ownership the government provides four tax-advantaged employee share schemes, which provide certain tax benefits for individuals acquiring shares in the company they work for.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/02/2017 13:22:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

692447

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the ratio of men to women who have applied for auto-enrolment pensions.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	64799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment works by requiring employers to enrol all eligible jobholders in to a workplace pension and make a contribution into it. Eligible jobholders do not need to apply to be automatically enrolled. However, those who are not eligible can ask to join their employer’s pension, known as ‘opting-in’, if they choose. Eligible employees are those who are aged 22 to State Pension age; earn £10,000 per year or more; are not already in a qualifying pension scheme and; who ordinarily work in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success with 7.3 million people enrolled at the end of January 2017. Automatic enrolment is being rolled-out gradually from October 2012 – February 2018 starting with the largest employers down to the smallest. We do not have the data that would show the ratio of men to women within the cohort of people who have already been automatically enrolled. However, there is data available that shows the increases in participation since automatic enrolment began in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, overall participation of female eligible employees was 58 per cent, compared to male participation at 52 per cent. In 2015, the participation of female eligible employees was 78 per cent with overall male participation at 73 per cent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/02/2017 13:12:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

692470

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the revenue accrued by the BBC from online advertisements outside the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	64868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>BBC Worldwide sells advertising for BBC.com, the BBC's main international website. As a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, Worldwide does generate profits which are returned to the BBC, but we have not made any estimates on the revenue from online advertisements - this is a matter for the BBC as editorially and operationally independent.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/02/2017 10:21:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

692472

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the value of BBC revenue streams excluding the licence fee in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	64866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The BBC are required to lay their Annual Account and Report in front of Parliament each year, and this information is available within those accounts and here on the BBC’s website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/strategy/annualreport/2015_2016.html).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/02/2017 10:22:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

692473

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce the terms of reference for the independent review of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	64898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State set out in February 2016, (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-protects-funding-for-welsh-broadcaster-s4c--2) the independent review of S4C will look at the funding, governance and remit of S4C. The full scope of the review will be set out in the terms of reference in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/02/2017 10:24:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

692476

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC on social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	64749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the publication of the BBC's Diversity Strategy in Spring 2016. As the nation's broadcaster, the BBC should be at the forefront of representing diversity both on and off screen. We will follow with interest how the BBC achieves the targets it has set itself.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/02/2017 10:25:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

692477

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
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 implications for his policies of the finding of the National Audit Office in its report, entitled The Equipment Plan 2016-2026, published in January 2017, that his Department must generate £5.8 billion of new savings from projects within the Equipment Plan to meet its new commitments; and how his Department plans to make such savings.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	64755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The £5.8 billion savings target within the Equipment Plan over the next 10 years was agreed with the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty's Treasury during the 2015 Spending Review. It was built into our policies and assumptions, including those relating to the Equipment Plan, at the time.</p><p>As laid out in the National Audit Office's report, the savings will be found from the following areas:</p><p>£1.7 billion from reviews of contracts under the Single Source Contract Regulations;</p><p>£3.3 billion from transformation activities within Defence Equipment and Support;</p><p>£0.8 billion from a number of other sources, including continuing reviews of support projects and test and evaluation expenditure.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/02/2017 13:30:36 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

692479

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which financial year (a) war pensions, (b) contributions to UN peacekeeping missions, (c) the Single Intelligence Account and (d) pensions for retired personnel were first included in his Department's reporting to NATO on defence expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	64762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>As with other NATO allies, from time to time we update our approach to ensure we are categorising defence spending fully in accordance with NATO guidelines, seeking to capture all spending contributing to the defence of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Military pensions were included in the then NATO Government's return of defence spending for the first time in 2005-06.</p><p> </p><p>War pensions, parts of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund relating to peacekeeping, and pension payments to retired Ministry of Defence civil servants were first included in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the July 2015 Budget, elements of the Single Intelligence Account that relate to defence were first included in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>NATO sets the criteria for defence spending, and like all NATO members we abide by those criteria.</p><p> </p><p>NATO has confirmed that the UK continues to spend over 2 per cent of GDP on defence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 24/02/2017 13:31:14 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David