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712366

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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 and Distributed Ledger Technology: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to regulate distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies in the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We are currently negotiating amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. These amendments will extend the scope of Directive (EU) 2015/849 to include virtual currency exchange platforms and custodian wallet providers, which will enable competent authorities to ensure virtual currency networks are mitigating the risks regarding money laundering and terrorist financing. There are no current plans to regulate distributed ledger technology.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 23/03/2017 15:45:22 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712372

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	Treasury: Evening Standard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on advertising with the Evening Standard in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	68448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has spent the following on advertising with the Evening Standard in each year since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£2,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>An advert was placed in the Evening Standard in 2010 for departmental recruitment purposes.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 23/03/2017 15:43:59 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

712373

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Yoga
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance is issued to churches on allowing church premises to be used for yoga classes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	68543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Church of England takes a flexible approach to yoga classes in church halls, with decisions left to the discretion of the local Parochial Church Council. Advice and guidance is available for parishes that are considering hiring their church hall out, which can be found here <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media/59302/NRM%20guidance.doc" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/media/59302/NRM%20guidance.doc</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 23/03/2017 16:05:56 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

712374

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	Licensed Premises: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2017 to Question 67412, on licensed premises: non-domestic rates, when he plans to publish the consultation on the eligibility criteria for the discount for eligible pubs.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department will consult on guidance on the Pubs Relief Scheme shortly. The consultation will include proposals on the eligibility criteria and other aspects of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 23/03/2017 14:29:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712376

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	Social Rented Housing: Letting Agents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish a definition of the term social lettings agencies as used in the white paper, Fixing our broken housing market, published in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	68432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Social letting agencies can support vulnerable people and people on low incomes to access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector. We want to prevent people reaching crisis point, and for those who are already homeless to be able to move out of temporary accommodation or hostels to a settled home as quickly as possible. There are a number of different models of social letting agencies and in the Housing White Paper we set out our interest in exploring the relative effectiveness of these different models with the aim of securing more housing for households who would otherwise struggle – providing security for landlords and support for tenants.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/03/2017 11:03:51 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

712377

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	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting the construction of 15 new garden city-style developments of 100,000 homes.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We are currently supporting twenty-four locally-led garden towns, cities and villages in places where communities want them. These have the potential to deliver over 200,000 homes.</p><p>We remain committed to supporting other places with ambitious proposals for new locally-led garden communities at scale.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/03/2017 11:09:14 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712378

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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will devolve additional fiscal powers to local councils to fund social care.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We currently have no plans to devolve additional fiscal powers to local councils.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 23/03/2017 14:29:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712385

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Copyright: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to review the restrictions paced on digital locks under the EU Copyright Directive as a result of Britain's decision to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	68480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review restrictions placed on digital locks, otherwise known as Technical Protection Measures (TPMs). The restrictions placed on the circumvention of TPMs in the EU Information Society Directive derive from the WIPO Copyright Treaty (Article 11) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Article 18). As a party to these treaties, the UK’s obligations will remain in place after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/03/2017 16:04:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

712387

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	Public Libraries: Complaints
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 20 March 2017 to Question 68114, on public libraries: complaints, which 15 local authorities have been investigated since 2010; and what the outcomes were of those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The local authorities that are being or have been investigated are Lancashire, Lambeth, Southampton, Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Doncaster and Surrey. In respect of Lancashire, Lambeth and Southampton these investigations are on-going and no final decision has been made. With regard to Harrow, Sheffield, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bolton, London Borough of Brent, Isle of Wight, Lewisham the Secretary of State decided with each of these cases not to direct a local inquiry. In the case of Somerset and Gloucestershire no action was required as both local authorities reverted to their original library service provision following successful judicial review challenges and with respect to Doncaster and Surrey no action was taken.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 23/03/2017 14:36:20 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

712393

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: Leyal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's personnel have visited LEYAL Ship Recycling Ltd in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	68546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of Ministry of Defence Disposal Services Authority (DSA) personnel that visited LEYAL Ship Recycling Ltd in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of DSA Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These visits were made to prepare audit reports on the ships recycled. The reports are published on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/disposal-services-authority#ship-recycling" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/groups/disposal-services-authority#ship-recycling</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/03/2017 16:05:33 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron