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712362

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether future meetings between Ministers and the right hon. Member for Tatton will be required to be published in the Departments' transparency data concerning meetings with proprietors, editors and media executives after his appointment as editor of the London Evening Standard; and whether any such meetings will be exempt from declaration in such transparency data.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>All meetings between Ministers and newspapers and other media proprietors, editors and senior executives held in an official, social and political capacity are (and will continue to be) published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:16:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41970 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

712363

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	Non-domestic Rates: Public Houses
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 paragraph 4.5 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate the Government has made of the number of public houses that will be eligible for the £1,000 business rate discount in (a) Bedford and (b) Bedfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	68565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>At the Budget on 8 March the Chancellor announced a new relief scheme for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000. Under the scheme, eligible pubs will receive a £1000 discount on rate bills. My Department will shortly consult on guidance which 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 27/03/2017 14:51:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

712367

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	VAT: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was recovered by EU member state businesses from the UK exchequer under Articles 170 and 171 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	68584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text The total amount of VAT recovered by EU member state businesses from the Exchequer under Articles 170 and 171 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC in each year since 2010 is as follows:<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Fiscal Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VAT Recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£114,054,136.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£91,034,004.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£80,859,842.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£40,093,982.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£87,374,709.60</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2017 17:26:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

712370

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	Non-domestic Rates: Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the planned business rates rise on the nursery sector.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	68508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Rateable values are set independently of ministers by the Valuation Office Agency. The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to support those businesses facing an increase. Additionally, my Department has been working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to those businesses with the steepest increases.</p><p>A package of support was subsequently announced at the Budget on 8 March. It includes £110 million to support rate-payers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help individual businesses that are having the greatest difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/03/2017 12:06:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

712379

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	Sports: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to tackle doping in amateur competitive sports.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Doping is unacceptable in any level of sport. It is important that all involved in sport play their part in educating participants about the dangers of doping, both in terms of the damage it does to sport's integrity but also the health risks to individuals as well. There is still more that sports governing bodies can do on this front, working alongside UK Anti-Doping, to help promote clean and fair sport at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 27/03/2017 11:21:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712380

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	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to promote mountain biking as a sport.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to encouraging more people to engage in sport and physical activity, regardless of their background or level of ability.</p><p> </p><p>Government's Sporting Future strategy published in December 2015 set out that, in future, public investment in sport and physical activity will be based on the contribution that organisations can make to five broad outcomes: Physical Wellbeing; Mental Wellbeing; Individual Development; Social and Community Development; and Economic Development.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested over £4.7 million of National Lottery money in projects and facilities to get more people mountain biking. Sport England will continue to work with British Cycling to ensure that more people from all backgrounds are encouraged to take up Mountain Biking and to enjoy the benefits it brings.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/03/2017 16:34:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712381

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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the UK Digital Strategy 2017, published on 1 March 2017 by her Department, if she will publish the evidential basis for the statement that superfast broadband is on track to reach 95 per cent of UK premises by December 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Independent sources such as thinkbroadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/) show UK superfast broadband coverage, defined as premises having access to speeds of more than 24Mbps, is now over 92%. The further contracted delivery from publicly-funded projects plus commercial plans from providers mean that the government is confident that 95% coverage can be reached by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:37:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712382

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	BBC Board: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the correspondence between her Department and the Welsh Government on the issue of the appointment of a Welsh member to the BBC Board.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	68445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>It is not our practice to publish ministerial correspondence.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/03/2017 16:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

712383

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	Swimming: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of (a) children and (b) adults who swim regularly in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Government is committed to supporting everyone to get active and participation in swimming has an important role to play.</p><p>Sport England has invested more than £40,000 of National Lottery funding in a Kirklees swimming programme and since 2010 has invested £1.5 million of Lottery funding in swimming in West Yorkshire.</p><p>Since 2010, Sport England has invested £35,407,363 of National Lottery money has been invested in a range of swimming projects across Greater London, including £34,442,800 in swimming in Newham and the London Aquatics Centre.</p><p>Sport England is also in discussion with the Amateur Swimming Association regarding the investment it will be making in swimming for the 2017-21 period.</p><p>Sporting Future set out the Government's commitment to ensuring that no child left school unable to swim and commissioned the Amateur Swimming Association's Swim Group to undertake a review. The Group is finalising its report and will be sharing its findings with government shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 68402 question first answered 23/03/2017 16:35:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712388

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	Aircraft Carriers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy personnel are currently training alongside the US military to maintain aircraft carrier skills.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	68487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>As of 21 March 2017, there are 27 Royal Navy personnel in training alongside the US military to maintain aircraft carrier skills, under the Long Lead Specialist Skills Programme.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2017 15:16:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones