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694187

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of senior civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The details below are in respect of members of the senior civil service in the Law Officer’s Departments that are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>53.9%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>61.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56.1%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disabled*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Working class background</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BAME*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Disability and BAME is declared by all staff on a voluntary basis and this data has been calculated using such declared information so these figures might not be wholly accurate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2017 09:48:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694188

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of senior civil servants of his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Information about the socio-economic background of staff in my department is not currently held centrally and is therefore not available.</p><p> </p><p>Diversity statistics covering all staff in the Cabinet Office are published annually on the CO Website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/03/2017 11:20:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694189

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his letter of 20 February 2017 to the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Democratic Participation, (a) how the Government will measure the effect of the voter ID pilots on turnout and (b) by what criteria voter identification would be deemed a deterrent to the number of people voting.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	65480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to Sir Eric Pickles’ review of electoral fraud, <em>Securing the ballot</em>, outlined the Government’s intention to run a number of pilot schemes at local government elections in May 2018. Over the coming weeks and months, the Government will be working with our key electoral partners (including the Electoral Commission and the Association of Electoral Administrators) to set out the timing and methodology of the pilot schemes. My letter of 20 February to my Right Honourable friend, the Member for Loughborough, outlined that the purpose of the pilot schemes is to test the impact of voter identification measures on the electoral process as a whole, including on factors such as turnout.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/03/2017 10:44:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

694190

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing provision for remote online voting in areas affected by adverse weather conditions.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	65453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Turnout at elections can be affected by a range of factors and it is difficult to apply impacts to any particular factor. We do not make assessments specifically focused on the effect of the weather on electoral turnout.</p><p>We have no current plans to introduce online voting.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 65456 question first answered 02/03/2017 10:38:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

694191

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effect of severe weather conditions on (a) turnout for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016 and (b) turnout for the Stoke-on-Trent and Copeland by-elections on 23 February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	65456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Turnout at elections can be affected by a range of factors and it is difficult to apply impacts to any particular factor. We do not make assessments specifically focused on the effect of the weather on electoral turnout.</p><p>We have no current plans to introduce online voting.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 65453 question first answered 02/03/2017 10:38:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen

694192

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle authorised push-payment scams.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	65461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2015 the Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to ensure that payment systems work well for those that use them.</p><p> </p><p>Following Which?’s super-complaint about Authorised Push Payment (APP) Scams last year, the PSR has developed a programme of work to better protect consumers and increase awareness of payment scams. The banking industry will lead on the following work:</p><p> </p><p>• Developing, collecting and publishing scam statistics to address the lack of clear data on the scale and scope of the problems, and to enable monitoring over time.</p><p>• Developing a common approach or best practice standards that banks should follow when responding to reported APP scams.</p><p>• Developing a common understanding of what information can be shared under the current law and any key legal barriers to sharing further information, liaising with the Information Commissioner’s Office as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR will monitor this work and review industry progress in the second half of 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR is also undertaking work to consider the potential for operators of the Faster Payments and CHAPS payment systems to play an expanded role in helping to minimise the consumer harm caused by APP scams.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the PSR has recognised the benefits that enhanced assurance data could bring in this space, and is currently undertaking work on a possible ‘Confirmation of Payee’ solution, whereby entering the account details would bring up the name of the account holder.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 01/03/2017 14:24:54 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

694193

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of lost revenue resulting from changes to inheritance tax thresholds announced in Budget 2015 in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21 fiscal year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	65490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>At Summer Budget 2015, the Government announced the introduction of a new ‘residence nil rate band’ for inheritance tax when a home is passed on death to a direct descendent. It will start at £100,000 in 2017-18, increasing in £25,000 increments to £175,000 in 2020-21. This, in addition to the existing nil rate band of £325,000, will increase the inheritance tax free threshold to £500,000 for many individuals, and up to £1 million for many married couples and civil partners by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the cost to the Exchequer of introducing the residence nil rate band from 2017-18 to 2020-21 are published in Table 2.2 of the Budget 2016 official publication at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508193/HMT_Budget_2016_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508193/HMT_Budget_2016_Web_Accessible.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The next update to this publication is scheduled for 8 March 2017, following the Spring Budget 2017 announcements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/03/2017 15:08:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

694194

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits to Bradford of its being included as a stop on the Northern Powerhouse Rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	65478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Transport for the North to assess the case for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) including whether the NPR network can serve key markets such as Bradford.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/03/2017 14:34:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

694195

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of senior civil servants of his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Diversity data for Senior Civil Servants can be found on page 79 of the HM Treasury annual report and accounts 2015 to 2016. The report can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report</a></p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 01/03/2017 14:41:11 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694196

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Floods: EU Solidarity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 January 2017, HCWS412, how much of the €60 million from the EU Solidarity Fund for flood support will be allocated to each region.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	65570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my written statement on 16 January 2017, in the days that followed the flooding in December 2015 and early January 2016, the government very quickly identified that the immediate priority was to respond to the urgent needs of those affected and we have paid out almost £300 million.</p><p>All of the £300 million came from the government, and the government will continue to ensure that there is help available in the places that it is needed.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 06/03/2017 17:47:08 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown