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176875

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government Ministers attended the World Economic Forum in 2015; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such attendance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	222795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial overseas travel are published quarterly and can be found at <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/02/2015 16:54:58 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

176706

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of his Department's ICT contracts; and when each such contract is due to end.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>I have a simple aspiration - that civil servants should have access at work to equipment which as least as good as that which they have at home. The Cabinet Office has a range of contracts covering provision of services, equipment, and software licenses and these contracts vary in duration. The major legacy contract for the provision of ICT equipment which we inherited from the previous Government expired last month. We are replacing it with a system designed around the needs of our users and this will save an estimated 40% of the costs to taxpayers, while providing better equipment. Cabinet Office staff are normally provided with a computer - usually a laptop. Tablets are provided on the basis of business needs. Details on spend on ICT can be found in the department’s published accounts; the most recent published figures are for 2013-14 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 222701 222702 question first answered 03/02/2015 16:56:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

176707

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptops and (c) tablet devices there are for each person in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>I have a simple aspiration - that civil servants should have access at work to equipment which as least as good as that which they have at home. The Cabinet Office has a range of contracts covering provision of services, equipment, and software licenses and these contracts vary in duration. The major legacy contract for the provision of ICT equipment which we inherited from the previous Government expired last month. We are replacing it with a system designed around the needs of our users and this will save an estimated 40% of the costs to taxpayers, while providing better equipment. Cabinet Office staff are normally provided with a computer - usually a laptop. Tablets are provided on the basis of business needs. Details on spend on ICT can be found in the department’s published accounts; the most recent published figures are for 2013-14 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 222702 222703 question first answered 03/02/2015 16:56:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

176714

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on ICT (a) in total; and (b) on average for each person in his Department per person in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>I have a simple aspiration - that civil servants should have access at work to equipment which as least as good as that which they have at home. The Cabinet Office has a range of contracts covering provision of services, equipment, and software licenses and these contracts vary in duration. The major legacy contract for the provision of ICT equipment which we inherited from the previous Government expired last month. We are replacing it with a system designed around the needs of our users and this will save an estimated 40% of the costs to taxpayers, while providing better equipment. Cabinet Office staff are normally provided with a computer - usually a laptop. Tablets are provided on the basis of business needs. Details on spend on ICT can be found in the department’s published accounts; the most recent published figures are for 2013-14 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 222701 222703 question first answered 03/02/2015 16:56:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

176719

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of (a) levels of bank account switching by customers, (b) trends in bank account switching in the last three years, (c) the average time it takes for customers to switch banks and (d) the process for switching banks and customers' perceptions of the ease or difficulty of so doing.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	222656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government charged the UK banking industry with delivering a new Current Account Switch Service to make it simpler, safer, and faster to switch current account providers. The new service launched in September 2013, and so far has had a positive impact with switching levels increasing by 22 per cent in its first year, compared to the previous year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Payments Council publish a “switching dashboard” quarterly, which is available on their website and includes information on awareness, confidence, service performance, and switching levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/02/2015 10:14:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

176721

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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 Associations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to consult on ways to increase the borrowing capacity of housing associations in relation to the valuation of properties transferred from local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to issue a consultation document in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2015 17:20:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

176731

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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: St Austell
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 new homes have been completed in St Austell and Newquay constituency in each of the last five years; and how many of those homes have been affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
uin	222669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on house building starts and completions by tenure in each local authority district, including Cornwall, are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link: <br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p>A more complete account of additional affordable housing including new build and acquisitions is provided for each local authority area in England and is published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply<br></a><br>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2015 17:41:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 42715 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

176733

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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, what support is available to (a) Doncaster local authority area and (b) other local authority areas which are not among the Build pilot areas to accelerate house-building.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster Central
tabling member printed	Ms Rosie Winterton
uin	222667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supporting all local authority areas, including Doncaster, to accelerate house-building through major policies including simplifying the planning system, programmes such as Help to Buy and Build to Rent, investment in affordable homes and in specific sites, and incentives like the New Homes Bonus.</p><p> </p><p>The £150 million Custom Build Serviced Plots fund is open to bids from the Doncaster area.</p><p> </p><p>These actions led to planning permissions for 240,000 homes being granted in the year to September 2014. Doncaster’s dwelling stock increased by 650 units in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2010 and September 2014, 520 units have been delivered in Doncaster through the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, we have the following projects supporting housing building in Doncaster, funded through various Property and Regeneration funding programmes:</p><p> </p><p>- At Carr Lodge Farm, the amount invested to date is £4.24 million through the Accelerated Land Disposal plus £2.60 million though the National Coalfields Programme. 326 homes being delivered by developers Keepmoat, Strata and Fairgrove Homes.</p><p> </p><p>- At Bentley, the amount invested to date is £9.15 million though the National Coalfields Programme via the Public Land Initiative. 170 homes being delivered by developer Keepmoat.</p><p> </p><p>- At Askern, the amount invested to date is £7.34 million through the National Coalfields Programme. 288 homes being delivered: by developer Keepmoat.</p><p> </p><p>- At Brodsworth, the amount invested to date through the National Coalfields Programme is £11.8 million. Seeking planning permission for 350 homes. Plan to offer to Market in late 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2015 17:15:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	390 label Biography information for Dame Rosie Winterton

176736

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received access grants from the Local Welfare Assistance fund in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	222723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. We have a record of the total funding allocated to the local authority, but how the local authority has spent the money would need to be provided by that local authority.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/02/2015 11:20:44 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

176737

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: Greater London
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 applicants there were for the Mayoral Development Corporation Old Oak Director position.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	222747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. <br><br>The Mayor of London is responsible for Mayoral Development Corporations and will be able to answer any questions relating to these bodies, including staffing matters.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/02/2015 16:31:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter