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621949

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in implementing the reforms set out in Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015; and whether he plans to continue to monitor the recommendations set out in that document.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The government has made substantial progress in implementing the policies in “Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation.” This includes: publishing a new National Infrastructure Delivery Plan which details £100 billion of planned public investment in infrastructure to 2020-21; finalising funding bands for the apprenticeship levy and setting it at 0.5% of an employer’s pay bill for employers with pay bills over £3 million; legislating for key planning reforms through the Housing and Planning Act such as automatic permission in principle on brownfield sites; signing eight mayoral devolution deals with regions across England including Liverpool, Sheffield and East Anglia; and increasing the Annual Investment Allowance to £200,000, its highest ever permanent level. The government is continuing to monitor the progress being made through mechanisms such as the Single Departmental Plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/11/2016 15:50:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621950

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Magnox Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the reasons are for the increase in costs of £1.6 billion by Cavendish Fluor Partnership for the clean-up project for 12 Magnox reactors.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s (NDA’s) contract with Cavendish Fluor Partnership (CFP) contains a provision to allow for a period of consolidation between the NDA and CFP, ensuring the contract is in line with delivery on the ground.</p><p> </p><p>The NDA’s consolidation process has not yet concluded and therefore it is not appropriate to comment on this figure.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 17:54:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621951

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of management of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in response to the judgement arising from Energy Solutions EU Limited and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of 29 July 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is Government’s primary assurance body providing challenge and oversight of the site’s major projects and procurements. Government monitors the NDA closely to hold it to account, ensure it is delivering high quality work and that it is value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The NDA has sought leave to appeal the 29 July judgement. It is therefore not appropriate for the Government to comment further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 17:56:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621952

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) legal and (b) associated costs in the case of EnergySolutions EU Limited and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has sought leave to appeal the 29 July judgement. It is therefore not appropriate for the Government to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 18:12:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621953

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to improve the procurement process in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in response to the judgement arising from EnergySolutions EU Limited and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of 29 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has sought leave to appeal the 29 July judgement. It is therefore not appropriate for the Government to comment further at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 17:58:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621954

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what meetings (a) he and (b) other Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the (i) aerospace, (ii) automotive, (iii) construction, (iv) life sciences and (v) tech sectors.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	50430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text Ministers and officials from across the Government are working with a variety of stakeholders from all sectors including aerospace, automotive, construction, life sciences and technology. DExEU Ministers will continue to closely support this work. Details of Ministerial meetings will be published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK. answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/11/2016 16:57:08 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

621955

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Our department is headquartered in Whitehall, and therefore the figures on the number of Senior Civil Service staff in London will reflect that.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of SCS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1 - Deputy Director</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - to date</p></td><td><p>1 - Deputy Director</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 03/11/2016 17:38:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

621956

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in the Law Officers' Departments classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>In the Law Officers’ Departments the proportion of Senior Civil Service staff classified as Deputy Director or SCS Pay Band 1 based outside London over the period requested was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (i)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0.93%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (i)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (i)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>4.27%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There are no staff across the Law Officers’ Department’s that are classified as assistant director, team leader or policy manager.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/11/2016 15:24:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

621959

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>100% of HM Treasury Senior Civil Servants are based in London.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 02/11/2016 15:43:07 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

621960

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Two of my Department's senior civil servants, classified as Deputy Directors, have been based outside London each year since 2014. The proportion of Deputy Directors outside London was 3% in each year since 2014.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 03/11/2016 17:19:02 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne