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64453

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Students: Disability
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 provide additional financial support to disabled students following the removal of disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
uin	202860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) has not been removed.</p><p>The maximum amounts for DSA were announced in March 2014 and are being maintained at current levels for 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 07/07/2014 15:38:13 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

64454

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons he decided against change following his review into his Department's check-off system for employees' trade union subscriptions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	202857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>I have not reviewed, and have no plans to review, this Department's check-off arrangements.</p><p>I have not reviewed these arrangements, as I believe that Trade Unions have an important role to play in creating a positive employment relations climate from which all organisations can benefit. I also believe that the check-off system does not create a distinguishable burden on the administration of the HR function in this Department.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 16:07:57 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

64457

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Wind Power
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 bring forward plans to enable the Green Investment Bank to purchase equity in existing offshore projects to enable similar investment in onshore wind turbine construction; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Kennedy
uin	202950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The role of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to help finance green infrastructure projects. The terms of its state aid approval do not allow it to invest in specific supply chain companies or activities such as turbine manufacturing. GIB has already taken equity stakes in a number of operating offshore wind farms.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 15:58:08 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	634 label Biography information for Mr Charles Kennedy

64458

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Comet Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the report from the Insolvency Service into the collapse of Comet to be published.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
uin	202955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service's fact-finding inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the insolvency of Comet Group Ltd is being conducted under section 447 of the Companies Act. Publication of the findings of such investigations is prohibited by law although when an inquiry results in the winding up of the company, or the prosecution or disqualification of its directors, this is publicised.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:49:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

64463

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in reducing levels of tax avoidance in the UK's Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	202916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is at the forefront of the global response to international aggressive tax planning and cross-border evasion, driving the international tax, transparency and trade agenda forward under the UK's G8 presidency in 2013, and fully backing the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Prime Minister's leadership of the G8, the UK has led a global leap forward in international tax transparency, meaning there are fewer places to hide. We are imposing tough new sanctions for those who do not come forward under HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) offshore disclosure facilities. There will be serious consequences for those who continue to believe they can hide wealth offshore, when later on this year HMRC will consult on a new strict liability criminal offence that could mean jail for those who do not declare taxable offshore income. HMRC will also consult on tougher civil sanctions. In addition, last year the Government entered into a series of Intergovernmental Agreements with the overseas territories which will ensure that from September 2016 HMRC will receive details of UK residents who have bank accounts and other investments in the overseas territories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC co-operates with tax authorities in other countries, in areas such as exchange of information and recovery of tax. Following the commitments made at the G8, all of the UK's Overseas Territories with financial centres and the Crown Dependencies have taken significant steps forward on tax transparency putting them at the forefront of this agenda globally. In addition to signing agreements with the UK for the automatic exchange of tax information, they have also agreed to be early adopters of the new global standard for automatic exchange of tax information, committing to an ambitious timetable of implementation as members of a group of 44 countries and jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2014 15:12:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

64465

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Local Government Finance: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to City of York Council for (a) local authority supported capital expenditure in housing stock and (b) major repairs allowance in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Major Repairs Allowance</p><p>(£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,127,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,242,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,185,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,266,485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The local authority received £1 million in Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following our reform and decentralisation of the Housing Revenue Account in April 2012, the system has fundamentally changed and no longer operates in that manner outlined in the Hon Member’s question. Councils now manage their housing stock without annual payments to or from central government. They now keep their rental income and use it to fund their housing stock (called ‘self-financing’).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the move to self-financing included a one-off settlement payment to, or from, each council, giving each a level of debt it can support, based on a valuation of its council housing stock. Where the valuation was lower than the amount of housing debt supported through the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system, the government paid off the difference. Where the valuation was higher than the debt supported by the Housing Revenue Account subsidy, the council paid the difference to the government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These payments were based on a valuation of each council’s stock, using a 30-year discounted cash flow model of income and expenditure. The costs in the model assumed that councils will need to spend on average 15 per cent more on managing, maintaining and repairing their stock than was assumed under the subsidy system. The self-financing settlement took into account an assessment of local authorities’ needs, including major repairs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These reforms have given councils the resources, incentives and flexibility they need to manage their own housing stock for the long term and to improve quality and efficiency, and they have also provided a clearer relationship between the rent a landlord collects and the services they provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:30:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64466

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on sport in (a) the Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York local authority area in each year since 2004-05.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Figures in the tables show Sport England direct investment only. The figures do not include additional money being spent on grassroots sports by national governing bodies and other national partners in which Sport England is investing £493 million between 2013 - 17 to get more people playing sport across England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(a) the Yorkshire and the Humber:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber since 2004/5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fin Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/2005</p></td><td><p>16,225,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>9,770,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>5,817,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>8,354,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>9,335,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>6,836,191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>7,304,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>10,691,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>11,152,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>9,192,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>94,680,391</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>(b) the City of York local authority area in each year since 2004-05.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>York local authority area since 2004/5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fin Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/2005</p></td><td><p>472,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>61,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>131,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>269,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>14,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>85,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>1,318,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>641,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>499,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,494,657</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 07/07/2014 11:45:50 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64467

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	National Railway Museum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits there were to the National Railway Museum in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of visits to museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2004-05 is published on Gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/museums-and-galleries-monthly-visits" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/museums-and-galleries-monthly-visits</a>). The number of visits to the National Railway Museum in each year since 2008-09 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2008-09 782,430</p><p>2009-10 709,166</p><p>2010-11 630,396</p><p>2011-12 717,274</p><p>2012-13 727,000</p><p>2013-14 923,000</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:43:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64468

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Football: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Foundation has provided to amateur clubs in York in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 2,670 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 810 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 45,453 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 220,781 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 37,274 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 103,193 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 714,883 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 914,784 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 448,870 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 491,808 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 427,630 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 78,934 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 33,551 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 195,553 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 35,226 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&gt;01/06/2014</p></td><td><p><strong>£ 13,793 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 3,766,512 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[Information from the Football Foundation]</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 07/07/2014 11:36:30 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64469

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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	Football: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Football Youth Development Programme has provided to York City FC to date.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Between 1998 and 2006 Sport England invested £556,163 in York City FC for the Football Youth Development programme. No funding has been requested since 2006.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 07/07/2014 11:35:06 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley