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171777

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Crawley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the National Citizen Service in Crawley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	219583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>117 young people took part in National Citizen Service (NCS) in Crawley and surrounding area in 2014.</p><p>This year will again see NCS programmes taking place in every local authority across England, giving more young people the opportunity to take part in this life changing programme.</p><p>The government is committed to giving as many young people as possible the chance to take part in NCS and the significant growth of the programme so far is set to continue this year across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/01/2015 17:37:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

171839

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Robert Rogers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission was first informed of the ennoblement of Sir Robert Rogers; and whether it made any general response to this notification.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	219650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Peerages are granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and are not a matter for the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 06/01/2015 11:45:39 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

171846

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what inspections have been completed on garages performing MOT tests relating to diesel particulate filters since 26 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	219609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Every MOT tester has to apply the standards set out within the inspection manual when inspecting vehicles fitted with diesel particulate filters. Since the end of October 2014, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have visited around 1500 garages. If any issues have arisen during these visits, all staff at the garages have been made aware of the requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/01/2015 15:16:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

171488

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the recruitment of new officer recruits into the Merchant Navy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	219368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>A company or group which elects for the Tonnage Tax is required, each year, to recruit one new officer trainee for every fifteen officer posts in its fleet. The Department also provides support for seafarer training through the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme, the budget for which was increased by 25% to £15million in September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment into the Merchant Navy is, however, principally a matter for the industry itself. The industry and the Government are working hand in hand to encourage and support the next generation of seafarers and are developing a range of apprenticeships for maritime occupations at sea and ashore. We support the work of the Merchant Navy Training Board and SeaVision in promoting maritime careers, and have recently collaborated with Maritime UK in the publication of &quot;Open for Maritime Skills&quot;.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/01/2015 13:16:28 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171489

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) establishment and (b) actual strength of the Merchant Navy Reserve was on 1 April in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	219369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Merchant Navy Reserve scheme was disbanded in 2000.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/01/2015 13:22:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171490

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Merchant Navy officer cadets (a) began and (b) completed training in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	219370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Figures held by the Department relate to cadets whose training was supported through the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme, and are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Starters</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Completers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/9</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>Figures not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/2000</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>Figures not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/1</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/2</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/3</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/4</p></td><td><p>662</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/5</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/6</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/7</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>854</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>903</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>778</p></td><td><p>488</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/01/2015 13:01:57 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171495

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Confederation of British Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have contributed in annual membership fees to the Confederation of British Industry in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	219412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2007, the core Department has made no contributions in annual membership fees to the Confederation of British Industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department’s Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to my Hon. Friend directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 16:25:04 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name 219412 (29029) Executive Agencies.pdf title Letters from Executive Agencies
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

171496

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Confederation of British Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what payments (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have made to the Confederation of British Industry in each year since 2007; and what the purpose was of each such payment.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	219413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2007, the core Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has made the following payments to the Confederation of British Industry:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011 - £120 to cover costs of a training event for a BIS member of staff</p><p> </p><p>2014 - £180 to cover costs of a training event for a BIS member of staff</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In other years, no payments were made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department’s Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to my Hon. Friend directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 16:26:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name 219413 (29031) Executive Agencies.pdf title Letters from Executive Agencies
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

171513

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Housing: Sales
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 residential properties on brownfield land (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all residential property sales were sold in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	219417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on residential property sales, based on Land Registry data. These are available in Live Tables 588 (annual) and 584 (quarterly) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices</a><br><br>The Department does not, however, collect data on the proportion of these properties that were built on brownfield land.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 16:06:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

171527

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Community Relations
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 his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on Integration Update, which integration projects and activities had their funding terminated in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	219452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on Integration of 18 December, <em>Official Report</em>, Columns 110-118WS. In principle, funding for projects ends at a point set out in the Grant Agreement. Other than the Faith Minorities in Action Project, no project has had its funding terminated ahead of this point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 05/01/2015 18:01:21 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 37081 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn