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516151

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Shares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the ban on bearer shares which came into force on 26 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	35753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The government introduced a ban on the issue of new bearer shares on 26 May 2015 through the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. The legislation provided a transition period to allow existing bearer shareholders to convert their shares into other types of shareholding or to realise their value. The transition period ended on 25 February 2016. Companies notify Companies House of the removal of bearer shares when they file their annual return (which will change to the confirmation statement from 30 June 2016).</p><p>Since 26 May 2015 Companies House has worked closely with the approximately 1,300 companies that had bearer shares as well as their directors and professional representatives. Over 1,233 of those companies have confirmed to Companies House that they have no longer have bearer shares.</p><p>Companies House is monitoring each filing of these companies’ annual return to confirm that the bearer shares have been converted. This exercise will end in February 2017 once the annual filing cycle concludes following the end of the transition period.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:16:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

516153

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the implementation of Shaping University Curricula to Critical Infrastructure Employer Needs.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	35781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government actively encourages collaboration between universities and business to ensure course content meets the needs of employers, including those responsible for critical infrastructure. Higher Education Institutions, as autonomous bodies, are independent from the Government and are responsible for the implementation of SUCCEED.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/05/2016 10:51:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

516154

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for UK Erasmus students, lecturers and research fellows of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
uin	35759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/05/2016 10:14:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

516157

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of providing adult education courses over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	35870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The skills funding letter published in December 2015 sets out priorities and funding for adult education over the next 5 years. Across all of the funding streams used to support adult education participation, we are increasing funding by 40% in cash terms. It is for colleges and private providers, working with their local areas, to decide how best to use that funding in the interests of the learners and employers they serve.</p><p>A full copy of the funding letter can be viewed via - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2016-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2016-to-march-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/05/2016 10:49:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

516159

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the budget reduction for community pharmacy in 2016-17 on high street vacancy rates.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	35915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Community pharmacy is a vital part of the National Health Service and can play an even greater role. In the Spending Review, the Government re-affirmed the need for the NHS to deliver £22 billion in efficiency savings by 2020/21 as set out in the NHS’s own plan, the Five Year Forward View. Community pharmacy is a core part of NHS primary care and has an important contribution to make as the NHS rises to these challenges. The Government believes efficiencies can be made without compromising the quality of services or public access to them. Our aim is to ensure that those community pharmacies upon which people depend continue to thrive and so we are consulting on the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme, which will provide more NHS funds to certain pharmacies compared to others, considering factors such as location and the health needs of the local population.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s vision is for a more efficient, modern system that will free up pharmacists to spend more time delivering clinical and public health services to the benefit of patients and the public. Our proposals are about improving services for patients and the public and securing efficiencies and savings. A consequence may be the closure of some pharmacies but that is not our aim. We are not able to assess which pharmacies may close or what the effect on high street vacancy rates might be because we do not know the financial viability of individual businesses or the extent to which they derive income from services commissioned locally by the NHS or local authorities or have non-NHS related income.</p><p> </p><p>We are consulting the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) and others, including patient and public representatives, on our proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/05/2016 10:52:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

516161

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the cessation of downstream steel operations at Llanwern on further redundancies in that region.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	35943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the considerable impact that a closure of Tata Steel UK’s facilities at Llanwern would have on its employees, their families and the communities in which they live. That is why we are working closely with Tata to find a credible buyer for their entire UK operation. Our interests are to support Tata Steel and the wider industry, secure as many jobs as we can and deliver a sustainable future.</p><p>On 21 April, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills announced that a package of support worth hundreds of millions of pounds would be made available to potential buyers on commercial terms to support the ongoing operation and deliver long term investment in the future of the business. We will also consider support in other areas such as plant, pensions and power supply, and any other areas that potential buyers believe the Government can provide support.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:14:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

516166

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the death in service benefits are for civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	35846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Civil servants are eligible to be a member of either the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) or the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pension Scheme (CSOPS) subject to when they joined the Civil Service. Depending on which scheme they are in, a lump sum death benefit of either two or three times the civil servant’s final pay is payable on their death in service, plus a pension to a surviving spouse or civil partner and any eligible children. Details of the benefits payable are in the rules of the schemes which are available at http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/about-us/scheme-rules</p><p>The lump sum payable on death in service is payable to whoever the scheme member has nominated to receive it (this can be an individual or a corporate body such as a charity). The number of death benefit lump sums paid in each of the last 6 years is as follows:</p><p><strong>Scheme Year Number of death in service cases</strong></p><p>2010/2011 1195</p><p>2011/2012 1119</p><p>2012/2013 1007</p><p>2013/2014 904</p><p>2014/2015 664</p><p>2015/2016 447</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 35847 question first answered 04/05/2016 09:44:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

516167

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many families of deceased civil servants received death in service benefits in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	35847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Civil servants are eligible to be a member of either the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) or the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pension Scheme (CSOPS) subject to when they joined the Civil Service. Depending on which scheme they are in, a lump sum death benefit of either two or three times the civil servant’s final pay is payable on their death in service, plus a pension to a surviving spouse or civil partner and any eligible children. Details of the benefits payable are in the rules of the schemes which are available at http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/about-us/scheme-rules</p><p>The lump sum payable on death in service is payable to whoever the scheme member has nominated to receive it (this can be an individual or a corporate body such as a charity). The number of death benefit lump sums paid in each of the last 6 years is as follows:</p><p><strong>Scheme Year Number of death in service cases</strong></p><p>2010/2011 1195</p><p>2011/2012 1119</p><p>2012/2013 1007</p><p>2013/2014 904</p><p>2014/2015 664</p><p>2015/2016 447</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 35846 question first answered 04/05/2016 09:44:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

516168

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants died in service in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	35848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 04/05/2016 09:43:37 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name UKSA response to 35848.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Civil Servant Deaths
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

516177

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 22 February 2016, Official Report columns 24-5 whether his Department plans to release further analysis of the economic benefits of the UK staying in a reformed EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	35813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury’s document published on the 18<sup>th</sup> April, was a rigorous and objective assessment of the economic impact of EU membership and the alternative. As stated in this document there will be a further document with an independent assessment of the short term implications of leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/05/2016 11:39:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell