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225859

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Land Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions rights have been registered on the Land Register through adverse possession in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	226640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Land Registry does not hold the information on the number of occasions where applications for adverse possession have been registered in the last 3 years. ‘Adverse Possessions’ fall within the general category ‘First Registrations’ which, as the name suggests, are applications for title to unregistered land.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/03/2015 16:40:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

225867

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on fares for (a) rail and (b) bus passengers of changes in the price of a barrel of oil since August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	226680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>I am aware that my Rt Hon Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury recently wrote to the five largest UK bus operators seeking their assurance that they are doing all they can to ensure passengers benefit from the fall in oil prices.</p><p> </p><p>The bus market outside London is deregulated, with the vast majority of services provided on a commercial basis by private sector bus operators. Decisions on the level of fares are a commercial matter for individual bus operators.</p><p> </p><p>As fuel costs are such a small proportion of the cost of providing rail services we would not expect to see a strong relationship between the two. Rail fares are set based on inflation, of which fuel prices are a component.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 16/03/2015 16:25:40 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

225869

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
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 number of people affected by the higher income child benefit charge who have failed to declare it to HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	226711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text Of 1.1 million individuals expected to be affected in the first year, 2012/13, 45,000 did not register for Self Assessment to pay the charge. HMRC is contacting people who have not complied to ensure the charge is paid.<p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/03/2015 17:20:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

225870

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 February 2015, HCWS292, on protecting public money, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on implementation of his policies on government lobbying government, lobbying by sock puppets, lobbying by local enterprise partnerships and lobbying by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	226713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet Cabinet Office colleagues to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, I observe that the. hon. Member has recently disagreed with the proposals in the Written Ministerial Statement, opposing the new measures which seek to ensure probity on how taxpayers’ money is spent.</p><p> </p><p>I would simply note that nothing in that Written Statement prevents the voluntary sector campaigning using their own funds. It is reasonable however to ask that taxpayers’ money for specified projects is not diverted away from the commissioned frontline services or activity laid out in that grant agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the inclusion of the new clause on lobbying, long-standing grant agreements already specified types of expenditure which were inappropriate, including entertainment, gifts to individuals and activities of a political nature. All grants are audited to ensure that they only pay for eligible expenditure. I would be interested to know if the hon. Member also opposes these existing checks and balances on the use of taxpayers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, documents published during the March 2010 Budget noted that Arms Length Bodies “must not use public funds to employ external public affairs or other consultants to lobby Parliament or Government with the principle aim of altering government policy or to obtain increased funding” (HM Treasury, <em>Reforming Arm’s Length Bodies</em>, 24 March 2010, p. 15; although the small print of a footnote watered down the substantive policy). Whilst I appreciate that HM Opposition may take a different stance now, even the fag end of the last Labour Government conceded the principle that there was inappropriate taxpayer-funded lobbying in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/03/2015 10:06:15 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

225872

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities in England do not tender contracts for bus transport services, other than those that they are statutorily obliged to do so.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	226682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold this information. However we understand that a large majority of local transport authorities choose to support public transport in their areas by means of tendered services</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 16/03/2015 17:27:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

225873

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Housing: Construction
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 his Department's proposed exceptions policy, whether starter homes can count towards affordable housing obligations on sites for development outside designated starter homes exceptions areas.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	226673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to my Department’s guidance on the national starter home exception site policy, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 226652 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:10:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

225874

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
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 his Department has taken to ensure that private tenants receive value for money held as deposits in custodial deposit schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Love
uin	226671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The interest payments to tenants under the scheme are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010: £418,681; 2011: £199,579; 2012: £120,288; 2013: £82,084; 2014: £59,184.</p><p>The falling figures reflect record-low interest rates, and also the changes that were made to the contract after 2010. If I may explain:</p><p>The service concession agreement that was agreed by Labour Government with the custodial tenancy deposit protection scheme contained a guarantee that the Government would meet any shortfall arising if approved fees were not covered by the interest on deposits held. If interests were low, then the Government would pay the scheme money.</p><p>As a result of the low interest rates that emerged due to the financial crash in 2008 and 2009, such an agreement left taxpayers liable for a massive shortfall, which was estimated to reach over £30 million by the end of the contract in 2012.</p><p>In May 2010, the Coalition Government inherited this unacceptable situation and looming liabilities for taxpayers. As outlined my rt. hon. Friend, the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 19 July 2011, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 828W, following extensive negotiations in summer 2010, we removed the guarantee and all associated liabilities as part of a revised agreement.</p><p>The Government is currently inviting bidders for the new custodial tenancy protection scheme contract for 2016 onwards, and we are asking bidders how and when they could offer tenants’ interest as part of their bids.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 226760 question first answered 17/03/2015 16:26:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	164 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Love

225875

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 2 March 2015, HCWS 324, on starter homes, if he will estimate the number of homes that will be built in each local authority area under the proposed national exception site planning policy.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	226642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The policy enables applications to be considered at a local level. We have not produced precise estimates for each individual local authority.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/03/2015 17:10:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

225877

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued on windfarms in the vicinity of radar installations following the installation of TPS-77 radar systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	226641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working with the wind industry to offer guidance to wind energy developers proposing wind turbine construction in the vicinity of TPS-77 radar systems. Because each wind farm is unique, the MOD offers tailored guidance to individual wind farm developers on a case-by-case basis. MOD engagement is available as part of the MOD's pre-application consultation service, accessed via the MOD and the Renewable UK websites at the following links.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wind-farms-ministry-of-defence-safeguarding/wind-farms-mod-safeguarding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wind-farms-ministry-of-defence-safeguarding/wind-farms-mod-safeguarding</a></p><p><a href="http://www.renewableuk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.renewableuk.com/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/03/2015 17:15:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

225878

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hercules Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the drawdown of C-130J fleet will begin; and how many C-130J aircraft will be kept for Special Forces operations.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	226668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The drawdown of the C-130J fleet will begin when there are sufficient A400M Atlas in service to ensure the correct balance of capability and affordability within the Tactical Air Mobility Fleet. It is the policy of the Government not to comment on Special Forces matters.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 16/03/2015 17:27:25 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson