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451465

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has decided on a date for the conclusion of the public sector spectrum release.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	26461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Budget 2016 announces a new government commitment that 750MHz of valuable public sector spectrum in bands under 10GHz will be made available by 2022, of which 500MHz will be made available by 2020. All revenue from spectrum auctions is paid into the Consolidated Fund operated by HM Treasury.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26460 question first answered 20/04/2016 12:47:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

451466

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Radio Frequencies
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 revenue received from previous spectrum sales has been reinvested into digital infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	26460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Budget 2016 announces a new government commitment that 750MHz of valuable public sector spectrum in bands under 10GHz will be made available by 2022, of which 500MHz will be made available by 2020. All revenue from spectrum auctions is paid into the Consolidated Fund operated by HM Treasury.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26461 question first answered 20/04/2016 12:47:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

451470

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the treatment of Sikhs campaigning for human rights in that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	26563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) discussed religious tolerance in India with Prime Minister Modi on 12 November 2015. Mr Modi reassured the British Government that he remained committed to diversity and fundamental freedoms. Mr Modi was clear in his commitment to and respect for India’s core values of tolerance and fundamental rights, as well as reaffirming the importance of social harmony and inclusive development. Mr Modi met a delegation of Sikh leaders during his visit to the UK in November 2015 and discussed a range of issues effecting the Sikh community in India. His visit, including his address at Wembley, highlighted the contribution that Sikh and other religious minority communities make to India, and to UK-India relations. I also discussed religious tolerance with the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh on 5 November.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/02/2016 16:36:18 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

451512

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Employment: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	26567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Total enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>66,300</p></td><td><p>50,500</p></td><td><p>47,500</p></td><td><p>41,300</p></td><td><p>42,900</p></td><td><p>41,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline</p><p>Notes: 1. Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</p><p>Since 1 April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH). Between April 2015 and January 2016, the latest period for which data is available, Acas have handled 768,849 calls on workplace relations and employment law. This figure is not directly comparable to the number of calls received by the PWRH in previous years as Acas handle a much wider range of enquiries on employment matters. It is not possible to specifically identify the number of calls received by Acas that would previously have been handled by the PWRH.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The allocated funding for the PWRH was as follows:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£588,185</p></td><td><p>£588,185</p></td><td><p>£655,760</p></td><td><p>£802,500.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: 2. Reporting years are based on April to March with the exception of 2010/11 and 2011/12 which are based on 11 May to 10 May.</p><p> </p><p>All figures are ex-VAT.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/02/2016 14:43:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

451518

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what obligations Openreach and BT have under contracts with the Government to provide prior warning to residents of planned maintenance or improvement work to junction boxes and other infrastructure that involves the temporary disconnection of services.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	26494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The same regulatory and communication code conditions apply to Openreach in BDUK contracted areas as would apply to their commercial deployment areas.</p><p><br>The contracts between BT and government relating to broadband are for the provision of the design and build of infrastructure. Once this infrastructure is in place, it forms part of BT’s network and maintenance and improvement works will be carried out by Openreach in the same way as on the rest of the network. Although there is no obligation to inform residents of any planned upgrades or essential maintenance, these activities are scheduled to be carried out when usage is at its lowest, in order to minimise disruption.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/02/2016 16:23:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan

451525

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects to receive the report and recommendations of the investigation headed by Sir Eric Pickles on electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Mr Alan Campbell
uin	26483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Sir Eric Pickles will make his recommendations as soon as he is able. 66 written submissions are under consideration, as well as evidence provided in meetings with specific people and at a seminar of academics, stakeholder organisations and political parties.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/03/2016 14:28:17 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

451526

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	EU External Trade: China
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 whether China has met all of the technical Market Economy Status criteria as set by the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	26486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>According to the latest assessment by the European Commission China has not met all of the technical criteria for awarding Market Economy Status. However, these criteria were designed to inform decisions in the event that the EU decided to seek to award China MES before the end of the 15 year transition period specified by China’s protocol of accession to the WTO. As the transition period ends in December, the question facing the European Commission now is a legal one about the interpretation of article 15 of China’s protocol of accession to the WTO and whether it requires that China must now be granted MES.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:24:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

451527

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Living Wage: Publicity
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 expenditure has been on the new National Living Wage advertising campaign to date.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	26640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>As of 26 January 2016, £378,826.28 had been spent on building awareness of the National Living Wage</p><p> </p><p>The total budget allocated for the National Living Wage advertising campaign is £4.95 million. The campaign will end at the end of April and we expect to come in under budget.</p><p> </p><p>It is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1 this year. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at those that need it most.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/02/2016 16:33:10 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

451528

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Living Wage: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which company has been given the contract for billboard advertisement distribution for the new National Living Wage campaign; and by what process that company was selected.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	26641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>48 sheet billboards, 6 sheet bus stop posters, and bus interior panels are being used in the National Living Wage campaign.</p><p> </p><p>All poster sites were bought through Carat, the government’s appointed media buyers. The media owners of the poster sites are PML, Clearchannel Outdoor, Exterion Media and JCDecaux.</p><p> </p><p>The poster sites are selected based on a combination of population data, poster site availability, and analysis of data showing regions where recipients of the NLW are expected to be highest.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/02/2016 16:30:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

451573

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Manufacturing Industries: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Government gives to large pharmaceutical companies to partner with universities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>In the last five years, Innovate UK has committed around £32M to support partnerships between pharmaceutical companies and universities in order to drive the translation of university-based research and commercial applications which tackle disease and life-threatening illnesses.</p><p>In addition, the Government is investing in three Catapult Centres supporting the life sciences sector – the Cell Therapy, Precision Medicine and Medicines Technologies Catapults. These centres have a particular focus on supporting collaborative research and innovation among small and medium sized firms.</p><p>Large companies are able to claim R&amp;D Tax Relief through a 130% enhanced allowance or, alternatively, an 11% taxable credit via the R&amp;D Expenditure Credit. In 2013/14, these schemes provided support of £950M to 3,950 businesses. Additionally, the UK’s Patent Box was introduced in 2013 and gives additional incentive to develop, retain and commercialise new, innovative patented products in the UK. The Patent Box offers an effective 10% corporation tax rate on trading profits earned in the UK from specified patents.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 24/02/2016 16:46:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon