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62549

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date	18/06/2014
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the target timescale is for resolving complaints regarding non-payment of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on behalf of BIS.</p><p>HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline and deals with each NMW complaint on a case-by-case basis. The timescale for each case is dependent on a number of factors:</p><ul><li>the complexity of the issues</li><li>the size of employer</li><li>the cooperation of the employer</li><li>the enforcement route required</li></ul><p>In 2013/14, HMRC investigated 1631 cases. Of these, 1084 cases were closed; 565 cases were closed within 120 days; 519 cases were closed outside of 120 days and 547 cases are still open and yet to be concluded.</p><p>Please note that investigations may not commence and be completed in the same financial year.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 201382 question first answered 25/06/2014 14:50:12 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62553

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department had discussions with the Welsh Government regarding the use of public funds by the Cabinet Office to produce and send an anti-Scottish Independence pamphlet to every house in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	201175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>There are regular discussions between UK Government and Welsh Government Ministers on matters of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/06/2014 16:15:26 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

62571

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the underlying data to Chart B.5 on page 97 of the Budget 2014 Red Book in (a) percentage of gross domestic product and (b) £ million.
tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
tabling member printed	James Duddridge
uin	201381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2014 answer text <p>The data (the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast for debt in 2015-16 and HM Treasury projections for debt in 2035-36 under different policy assumptions with and without illustrative shocks) has been placed in the Library of the House. The forecast and projections have been provided both as a percentage of GDP and in £million in today’s terms.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/08/2014 13:19:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel attachment 1 file name chart b5 budget red book.doc title chart B5, page 97 of the Budget 2014 Red Book
tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

62580

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Fire Services
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 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13, what the reasons are for the difference in the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service reported in each table and table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201260 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62581

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201259 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62582

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for the staffing of libraries.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	201277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Public libraries are funded and run by local authorities and it is for each local authority to determine at a local level how much they spend on libraries and how to manage and deliver the service, including decisions about expenditure on staffing.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 15:15:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

62583

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Public Libraries: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representation to Lincolnshire County Council on its decision to invite volunteers to run some local libraries in Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	201278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to superintend and promote the improvement of the public library service provided by local authorities in England. The Department is aware of the proposed changes to library service provision in Lincolnshire having received a number of representations from local residents. A legal challenge to the decision taken by Lincolnshire County Council to reconfigure its library services is to be considered by the High Court on 8/9 July and this Department will consider matters further in light of the outcome of the Judicial Review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 15:16:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

62584

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201259 201260 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62585

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Combined Authorities: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with local authorities in the Tees Valley on the creation of a combined authority.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	201293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 16 June 2014 the Government signed a City Deal with the Tees Valley in which the local leaders committed to develop plans to strengthen governance, including progressing the idea of a combined authority for the area.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the local areas themselves to decide, given their circumstances, what governance arrangements will best enable effective and collaborative decision taking, which is transparent and locally accountable, thus delivering successfully the implementation of the area's Strategic Economic Plan. Where councils come forward with a proposal for a combined authority that commands wide local support, if the Secretary of State considers that the statutory conditions are met, he will invite Parliament to approve an Order which enables the combined authority to be established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/06/2014 15:39:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

62587

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Fire Services
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 the difference in the record of the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13 and in table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13, what assessment he has made of whether average response times for 2012-13 have been wrongly calculated.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201259 201260 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4411 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown