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714440

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost per young person is of the National Citizenship Service programme.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	69622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The January 2017 NAO report stated that the National Citizen Service (NCS) cost £1,825 per place for the 2015 programme. This figure took account of both provider costs and NCS Trust costs.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published independent evaluation of the 2015 programme took a different approach and focused only on provider costs. For the summer 2015 NCS programme, this cost per place was £1,620.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that, as the programme continues to expand, there is a need to focus on reducing the overall unit cost of NCS to drive better value for money. This will continue to be a key focus for the DCMS and the Trust as the programme grows.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 05/04/2017 09:40:55 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

714441

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crime: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans there are to continue the statistical series Crime Statistics, Focus on Public Perceptions of Crime and the Police, and the Personal Well-being of Victims; and when he plans to publish the next such report.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	69630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/04/2017 13:47:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 69630 v.02 (1) (1) (1).pdf title Letter from UKSA
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

714442

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68394, if he will place in the Library a copy of the auditing schedule pro-forma issued to Departments to provide guidance on day-to-day digital auditing.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	69619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>An auditing schedule pro-forma is not issued to departments but detailed guidance on the security of digital infrastructure, audit and penetration testing is freely available to all Government organisations on the National Cyber Security Centre website, available at www.ncsc.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/04/2017 08:12:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

714443

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Small Businesses: 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, what support he is providing to businesses that are no longer eligible for Small Business Rate Relief as a result of the Mazars-v-Woolway judgment of 29 July 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	69560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Supreme Court judgement in the case of Woolway (VO) v Mazars LLP will bring simplicity and consistency to the rating system. The Valuation Office Agency are responsible for implementing the decision independently of Ministers. We will keep this matter under review. From April we are permanently doubling small business rate relief meaning 600,000 small businesses will pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 18/04/2017 10:51:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

714444

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of funding for the Landfill Communities Fund; and what proportion of the landfill tax will be allocated to providing that funding in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	69589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>For 2017-18, the value of the LCF has been set at £39.3 million. As a result, the cap on contributions from landfill operators has been increased from 4.2% to 5.3%. The Government expects to maintain this higher 5.3% cap for future years, but this expectation assumes we see continued progress from environmental bodies in terms of reducing administrative costs and the level of unspent funds.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/04/2017 10:56:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

714445

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Bob Diamond
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, if his Department and its associated agencies will make an assessment of whether Bob Diamond, former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, is a fit and proper person to be a director of a UK-based company.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	69516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>While the law does not impose a fit and proper person test on individuals seeking to be appointed as company directors, if there is evidence that a director has committed misconduct, disqualification action may be brought against them.</p><p>Such action is usually taken by the Insolvency Service, either following an investigation into a company’s failure as part of its formal insolvency, or following an investigation into an active company.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2017 13:46:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

714446

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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: Schools
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 effect of charging business rates for properties with solar panels on state schools in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	69397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency, made independently of ministers, and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have put in place a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme for England to support those rate payers facing increases at the 2017 revaluation. Business rates policy in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 18/04/2017 10:47:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

714447

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Coinage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the manufacturing cost per unit is for the (a) current and (b) new £1 coin.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	69472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The total cost of producing UK coinage is provided annually in the Treasury Annual reports and Accounts. However, the cost of producing individual denominations of UK coins is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>The government is satisfied that the new £1 coin represents value for money and delivers significant improvements in security.</p><p> </p><p>The use of nickel-brass in the material composition of the new coin will enable The Royal Mint to reuse metal obtained from withdrawn round £1 coins for use in the new coin, generating a saving for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 18/04/2017 14:23:53 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714448

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Waveney District Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to facilitate the merger of Waveney and Suffolk Coastal District Councils to form a new East Suffolk Authority.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	69471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We have received a proposal for a merger from Suffolk Coastal and Waveney district councils, which the Secretary of State will carefully consider together with any representations and supporting evidence before reaching an initial decision as to how he is minded to proceed. He intends to announce this initial decision as soon as practicable, after which there will be a reasonable period for those interested to submit representations, which the Secretary of State will carefully consider before reaching any final decision.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 18/04/2017 10:41:06 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

714449

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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	Newts
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 2.27 of the Housing White Paper, if he will set out the (a) timeline and (b) process for implementing the new approach to the licensing system for great crested newts; and what additional funding will be available to (i) his Department, (ii) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (iii) Natural England to support that implementation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	69431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The roll-out of the new strategic approach to great crested newt licencing will begin in Kent in 2017-18 and the wider nationwide roll-out to other affected local authority areas will be set up over three years beginning in 2017-18.</p><p>Within this timescale, Natural England will consider district licences for 150 local authority areas. This will be based on an assessment of the impact of the development plan and evidence on the distribution of the great crested newt across the district. To achieve this, Natural England is currently working with partners including local authorities, developers, land owners, environmental specialists and conservation groups. The new approach needs no amendments to legislation.</p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has identified £90,000 of funding within existing budgets for Natural England to support the implementation of the new strategic approach in Kent. The Department for Communities and Local Government will be identifying funding for the nationwide roll-out of the new approach. On-going funding for the schemes will be covered by developer contributions for using the strategic mitigation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 04/04/2017 14:59:08 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas