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171899

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve access to bank lending (a) in general and (b) for large-scale new housing developments.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	219733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has taken significant action to improve access to bank lending, notably through the Funding for Lending Scheme, as well as supporting non-bank lending channels via the British Business Bank</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also implementing further major reforms to boost competition in the provision of smaller business finance through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill; these include the measures to improve availability of credit information on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to match SMEs rejected for finance with challenger banks and alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also put in place a series of measures to unlock housing development by providing loans to fund major infrastructure and build costs of housing schemes through its Large Sites Infrastructure Programme, Get Britain Building Programme and Builders Finance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2015 12:24:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

171900

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase productivity.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	219763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Rt.Hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 9 December 2014, UIN 217275.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 16:22:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171901

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount was spent by all government Departments on each type of activity related to tackling extremism in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Tackling extremism is a priority for the Government, which is why we expanded the Prevent Strategy in 2010 to tackle non-violent, as well as violent, extremism. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary has asked the Home Office to prepare a new Extremism Strategy that goes further and addresses extremism in all its forms, working with Departments and Agencies across Government. <br><br>The Cabinet Secretary has not commissioned a formal review into cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism. However, normal procedures apply to tracking spending across government. <br><br>We have allocated £40 million for Prevent spending in 2014 / 15 which includes work on countering extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism. This is in addition to the work already undertaken by DCLG on <br>community cohesion and integration that challenges all forms of extremism including non violent extremism. The Extremism Task Force has played a key role and, as part of the additional £130 million announced by the Prime Minister in <br>November 2014 to strengthen the UK’s capability to combat the increased threat of terrorism, Prevent will receive further funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 219767 219768 219770 219771 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:14:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37458 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

171902

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference were of the review commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Tackling extremism is a priority for the Government, which is why we expanded the Prevent Strategy in 2010 to tackle non-violent, as well as violent, extremism. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary has asked the Home Office to prepare a new Extremism Strategy that goes further and addresses extremism in all its forms, working with Departments and Agencies across Government. <br><br>The Cabinet Secretary has not commissioned a formal review into cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism. However, normal procedures apply to tracking spending across government. <br><br>We have allocated £40 million for Prevent spending in 2014 / 15 which includes work on countering extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism. This is in addition to the work already undertaken by DCLG on <br>community cohesion and integration that challenges all forms of extremism including non violent extremism. The Extremism Task Force has played a key role and, as part of the additional £130 million announced by the Prime Minister in <br>November 2014 to strengthen the UK’s capability to combat the increased threat of terrorism, Prevent will receive further funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 219767 219768 219769 219771 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:14:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37459 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

171904

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2013 to Question 135835, on Dover House, whether building work on the first floor of 70 Whitehall has been concluded; and when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is expected to vacate Dover House.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	219681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Under plans agreed prior to the 2010 General Election, 70 Whitehall is undergoing modernisation works. As a result, there are no current plans for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to vacate Dover House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:30 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

171905

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the circumstances under which Departments should seek legal advice from the Attorney General; if he will publish that guidance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	219683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Guidance on the circumstances under which departments can seek legal advice from the Law Officers including the Attorney General can be found in publicly available documents including the Ministerial Code and the Cabinet Manual.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 18:02:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

171906

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism was spent (a) domestically and (b) internationally in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Tackling extremism is a priority for the Government, which is why we expanded the Prevent Strategy in 2010 to tackle non-violent, as well as violent, extremism. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary has asked the Home Office to prepare a new Extremism Strategy that goes further and addresses extremism in all its forms, working with Departments and Agencies across Government. <br><br>The Cabinet Secretary has not commissioned a formal review into cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism. However, normal procedures apply to tracking spending across government. <br><br>We have allocated £40 million for Prevent spending in 2014 / 15 which includes work on countering extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism. This is in addition to the work already undertaken by DCLG on <br>community cohesion and integration that challenges all forms of extremism including non violent extremism. The Extremism Task Force has played a key role and, as part of the additional £130 million announced by the Prime Minister in <br>November 2014 to strengthen the UK’s capability to combat the increased threat of terrorism, Prevent will receive further funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 219768 219769 219770 219771 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:14:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37456 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

171907

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount was spent by each Department on tackling extremism in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Tackling extremism is a priority for the Government, which is why we expanded the Prevent Strategy in 2010 to tackle non-violent, as well as violent, extremism. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary has asked the Home Office to prepare a new Extremism Strategy that goes further and addresses extremism in all its forms, working with Departments and Agencies across Government. <br><br>The Cabinet Secretary has not commissioned a formal review into cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism. However, normal procedures apply to tracking spending across government. <br><br>We have allocated £40 million for Prevent spending in 2014 / 15 which includes work on countering extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism. This is in addition to the work already undertaken by DCLG on <br>community cohesion and integration that challenges all forms of extremism including non violent extremism. The Extremism Task Force has played a key role and, as part of the additional £130 million announced by the Prime Minister in <br>November 2014 to strengthen the UK’s capability to combat the increased threat of terrorism, Prevent will receive further funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 219767 219769 219770 219771 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:14:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37457 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

171908

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish, either redacted or in full, the review commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary of cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	219771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Tackling extremism is a priority for the Government, which is why we expanded the Prevent Strategy in 2010 to tackle non-violent, as well as violent, extremism. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary has asked the Home Office to prepare a new Extremism Strategy that goes further and addresses extremism in all its forms, working with Departments and Agencies across Government. <br><br>The Cabinet Secretary has not commissioned a formal review into cross-government expenditure on tackling extremism. However, normal procedures apply to tracking spending across government. <br><br>We have allocated £40 million for Prevent spending in 2014 / 15 which includes work on countering extremism where it creates an environment conducive to terrorism. This is in addition to the work already undertaken by DCLG on <br>community cohesion and integration that challenges all forms of extremism including non violent extremism. The Extremism Task Force has played a key role and, as part of the additional £130 million announced by the Prime Minister in <br>November 2014 to strengthen the UK’s capability to combat the increased threat of terrorism, Prevent will receive further funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 219767 219768 219769 219770 question first answered 21/01/2015 14:14:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 37460 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

171909

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Tax Yields
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 effect on oil and gas receipts of the fall in the price of Brent crude to $56 a barrel.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	219662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published forecasts for oil and gas revenues in the December 2014 Economic and Financial Outlook. The report shows that these tax receipts are expected to be £15.8bn over the forecast period. The March 2015 forecast will incorporate the impact of recent changes in the oil price.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The global fall in oil prices should provide a boost to the economy and support UK and global growth. Falling oil prices contributed to annual CPI inflation of 1.0 per cent in November, the lowest level of inflation in 12 years, and reductions in petrol and diesel prices, which are now at their lowest levels since September 2010. On 5th January 2015, diesel was down 18.28p/l on its July 2014 peak, at 117.93p/l, and petrol down 20.05p/l at 111.06p/l.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2015 12:20:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran