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712364

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made an estimate of the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services and does not currently have plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/03/2017 16:51:50 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712369

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's rationale was for introducing a sliding scale of probate fees based on the worth of an estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	68494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out its rationale for reforming the fees for grants of probate in its response to consultation on the fees published on Friday 24 February.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing a modern, world-leading justice system which is proportionate and accessible. The best way to protect access to justice is with a properly funded courts and tribunals service.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are necessary to support an effective courts and tribunals system that supports victims and vulnerable people, and is easy for ordinary people to use. In 2015/16, the Government spent around £1.9 billion on our courts and tribunals and recovered only around £700m through fees and other income. We do not believe that the taxpayer should continue to meet all of this cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are getting rid of flat fees and replacing them with a fair, banded, structure related to the value of the estate. This includes raising the fee threshold from £5,000 to £50,000 and lifting an extra 25,000 estates out of fees altogether.</p><p> </p><p>More than half of estates in England and Wales will pay no probate fee and over 90 per cent of estates will pay £1,000 or less. The fees will be implemented on a banded structure, increasing in line with estate values, meaning higher fees are paid by those who can afford to do so. No one will pay more than 1 per cent of the total estate value.</p><p> </p><p>Using the authoritative ONS projections, we have recently improved our estimates of the number of estates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>With this more accurate data, we have produced a refreshed distribution of the estate values table. We have also updated our estimates to take account of HMRC’s most recent data on the distribution of estate values. <em> </em>These minor adjustments to Table 1 (page 11) of the consultation response do not alter the substance of, or rationale for, the proposals on which we consulted, or the Government’s decision to proceed with the changes. I have placed amended versions of the Government response to consultation in the libraries of the Houses.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Value of estate (before inheritance tax)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of All estates in England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proposed Fee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Up to £50,000 or exempt from requiring a grant of probate</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £300,000</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £300,000 but does not exceed £500,000</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £500,000 but does not exceed £1m</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1m but does not exceed £1.6m</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>£8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1.6m but does not exceed £2m</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above £2m</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 08:26:46 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

712375

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65636, on Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>My department engages with a range of stakeholders, including EU agencies. No EU agencies are directly within the department’s remit. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 28/03/2017 16:36:03 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712386

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65637, non Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within her Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The following EU agencies and other organisations are within DCMS’ remit:<br></p><ul><li>European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)</li><li>The Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (the BEREC Office)</li><li>European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGAMS)</li><li>Data Protection Supervisor</li><li>European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)</li><li>Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)</li></ul> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 03/04/2017 08:31:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712389

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 65638, on Ministry of Defence: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) engages with a wide range of EU institutions and agencies including EU Military Staff, the European Security and Defence College, the European Defence Agency, the European Institute for Security Studies and the EU Satellite Centre.</p><p>The lead for engagement with these organisations is the joint MOD/Foreign and Commonwealth Office Euro-Atlantic Security Policy Team and engagement takes place with a range of stakeholders. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/03/2017 16:33:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712418

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) York local authority and (B) Yorkshire and the Humber in (1) cash terms and (2) at 2014 prices in 2005-06 and in each year since.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates capital and revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The allocations listed below are for financial years 2011-12 to 2016-17. These include: devolved formula capital, school condition allocations, and basic need allocations. The funding allocated to Yorkshire and Humber in financial year 2013-15 also includes targeted basic need funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capital allocations(All values £m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding distributed to academies and Multi Academy Trusts is not included, as they often allocate funding across LA boundaries.</p><p>More detail on funding for new free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools; on schools and school blocks being rebuilt under the Priority Schools Building Programmes; and funding allocated through the Condition Improvement Fund can be accessed via the links below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/psbp-list-of-successful-applicants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/psbp-list-of-successful-applicants</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-school-building-programme-2-list-of-successful-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-school-building-programme-2-list-of-successful-schools</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a></p><p>The data for capital funding allocated to local areas prior to 2011-12 is not readily available.</p><p>The table in the attachment (Annex A) shows average per-pupil revenue funding figures from financial year 2005-06 (DSG baseline) to 2016-17. These figures are in cash terms.</p><p>Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium which targets funding to help pupils from the most disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their full potential. Total Pupil Premium allocations for York local authority and the Yorkshire &amp; Humber region for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York LA</p></td><td><p>1.284</p></td><td><p>2.567</p></td><td><p>3.945</p></td><td><p>5.215</p></td><td><p>5.139</p></td><td><p>5.120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber region</p></td><td><p>65.644</p></td><td><p>126.372</p></td><td><p>198.494</p></td><td><p>262.285</p></td><td><p>262.888</p></td><td><p>262.559</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes GDP deflators that can be used to understand the impact of inflation over time. These are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-march-2017-spring-budget-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-march-2017-spring-budget-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/04/2017 14:54:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 68497 attachment (Annex A PDF version).pdf title Annex_A
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712423

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the availability of resources and revision materials to students taking reformed A-Level courses.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/03/2017 14:15:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712424

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2017 to Question 65639, on Department for Education: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within her Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The below EU agencies are within this Department's remit<em>. </em></p><p>This Department engages with a range of stakeholders. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p><p> </p><p>- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).</p><p>- European Training Foundation (ETF).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/03/2017 13:07:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712427

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many large businesses have registered to access funds under the apprenticeship levy in each NUTS 1 region; and what proportion of apprenticeships does this represent in each region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	68619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy, being introduced on 6 April 2017 will fund a step change in apprenticeship numbers and quality. It will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK wide basis.</p><p> </p><p>In England, levy paying employers will be able to access their funds through the apprenticeship service to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment. Employers will benefit from a 10% top up to monthly funds entering an account.</p><p> </p><p>As of the close of play 20 March 2017, there have been 3,290 accounts registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p>It is not possible to produce a representation of the proportion of apprenticeship starts by levy paying employers on a regional basis in England. This is because the PAYE system, through which employers will pay the levy, does not record the place of work of individuals and many levy paying employers have employees working in a variety of locations across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Availability of apprenticeships is dependent on employers recruiting apprentices and offering opportunities in order to get the skills they need.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on apprenticeships starts by region is available on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 29/03/2017 13:10:00 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

712444

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that human rights have equal or higher protection in UK free trade agreements as in EU free trade agreements after the UK exits the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	68503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a strong history of protecting human rights and promoting our values globally. We will consider all options in the design of future bilateral trade and investment agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2017 16:39:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick