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425444

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Estate Agents: Money Laundering
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 reduce red tape affecting estate agents subject to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	14334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government's Anti-Money Laundering regime has a clear aim: to make the UK financial system a hostile environment for illicit finances, whilst minimising the burden on legitimate businesses and reducing the overall burden of regulation.</p><br /><p>With this in mind, the Government has launched a review of the impact on business of the current anti-money laundering and terrorist finance regime as part of the Cutting Red Tape Review programme. The call for evidence from all parties closes on 6<sup>th</sup> November and the Review is specifically seeking evidence on the role of supervisors in that regime, so that regulatory activity can be made as efficient as possible. The Review will examine the potential to improve compliance and efficiency, by identifying aspects of the supervisory regime that appear to businesses in the regulated sector to be unclear or unnecessarily cumbersome.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/11/2015 13:02:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

425463

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Stationery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	14374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>There has been no stationery reported lost or stolen in my Department during the period requested.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/11/2015 15:30:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425053

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
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	Students: Loans
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 the effect of the Government's proposal to freeze the earnings threshold for plan 2 student loans on the cost of attending university.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	14204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Freezing the repayment threshold will not affect the cost of attending university. It will mean that students, once earning, will on average meet a greater share of these costs over their working life through loan repayments, helping ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the system. Lower earning graduates below the repayment threshold will not be affected by the proposed changes.</p><br /><p>Estimates of the impact of freezing the repayment thresholds are illustrated in the consultation document, which has been published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/11/2015 13:30:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

425055

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Graduates: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in its report, Is Britain Fairer, published in October 2015, that there are persistent gender pay gaps among graduates.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	14197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The EHRC is an independent body, and its report ‘Is Britain Fairer?’ covers a five-year period 2008-13 across both the Labour and coalition governments. We welcome the positive areas of progress it refers to and note the challenges it raises. The information in the report will be used by the EHRC to help develop its next strategic plan, covering the period 2016-19.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 14196 question first answered 04/11/2015 15:20:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

425056

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Graduates: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in its report, Is Britain Fairer, published in October 2015, that (a) there are persistent gender pay gaps among graduates and (b) employment and earnings premiums among graduates are lower for women than for men.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	14196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The EHRC is an independent body, and its report ‘Is Britain Fairer?’ covers a five-year period 2008-13 across both the Labour and coalition governments. We welcome the positive areas of progress it refers to and note the challenges it raises. The information in the report will be used by the EHRC to help develop its next strategic plan, covering the period 2016-19.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 14197 question first answered 04/11/2015 15:20:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

425063

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Natural Resources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) incorporate natural capital into the national infrastructure plan, (b) take steps to ensure that new man-made infrastructure projects do not deplete the UK's natural capital asset base and (c) prioritise investment in natural capital.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	14161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises the value of natural capital to the country’s long-term economic growth. We do not currently agree that an investment programme for natural capital should explicitly feature in the National Infrastructure Plan. We do, however, strive for all publically funded infrastructure investments to make a positive contribution to protecting and enhancing our natural environment. For example, the Roads Investment Strategy has ring-fenced £225 million in an Environment Fund and £75 million in an Air Quality Fund to ensure more is done to limit the impact of the Strategic Roads Network on the environment.</p><p>As specific decisions on spending allocations in this Parliament will be set out following the Spending Review later this month, I cannot yet comment on future investment in natural capital. However, the government takes natural capital very seriously. We have set long term-goals to stop the decades of decline in wildlife and habitats, and have already seen some improvements. Since 2010 we have helped to create over 150,000 acres of field margins, wetlands and woodlands, and woodland cover is at its highest level in 700 years.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 16:55:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

425065

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Natural Resources
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 assess, mitigate and monitor macro-economic risks associated with trends in (a) environmental degradation, (b) resource scarcity, (c) climate change and (d) other aspects of the natural environment.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	14156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly undertakes activities to monitor and assess key macroeconomic risks across all sectors of the economy, in line with current priorities.</p><p>The Treasury also feeds into the wider work on environmental risks that is undertaken across government: and in particular, through consideration of the analysis, advice and recommendations of the Natural Capital Committee which reports to the government, including HM Treasury, via the Economic Affairs Committee. The NCC’s work includes assessments of environmental trends and their impacts on the economy. The government’s response to the NCC’s third State of Natural Capital Report sets out how this work will be taken forward, including through the development of a 25 Year Environment Plan which will focus on those environmental assets that are most vulnerable to unsustainable use and where investment will deliver the greatest benefit.The Treasury is working closely with Defra to develop this plan.</p><p>Departments also work together on the UK contribution to the activities of the EU Raw Materials Initiative, which includes ongoing work that assesses and mitigates materials risks. Additionally, under the Climate Change Act 2008, the Government has a statutory role to produce, on a five-yearly cycle, an assessment of the risks and opportunities for the UK arising from climate change. Reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power (as set out under the Climate Change Act), allows us to assess how key sectors are identifying risks from climate change and addressing them.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 16:51:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

425066

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Natural Resources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work his Department is undertaking to contribute to the development of the Government's 25 year plan for nature.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	14157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury is working closely with Defra and other Government Departments on the development of the 25 Year Environment Plan. A cross-Government group, which includes Treasury officials, will ensure the Plan reflects the full breadth of relevant policy interests and levers that influence the environment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 16:47:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

425067

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, Cm9098, published July 2015, what steps he has taken to increase the quantity and quality of apprenticeships in accordance with that report's recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Almost 2.4 million apprenticeship starts were delivered in the last Parliament and we will build on that success and deliver 3 million in this Parliament. We will introduce an apprenticeship levy to increase employer investment in apprenticeships. We are increasing the quality of apprenticeships through more rigorous assessment and grading at the end of the apprenticeship. The Enterprise Bill will protect the term ‘apprenticeship’ in law to prevent misuse. From next April, employers of apprentices under the age of 25 will no longer be required to pay National Insurance contributions for those employees.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 17:10:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425068

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department's Business Tax Roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government will publish a Business Tax Roadmap by April 2016, setting out plans for business taxes over the rest of the parliament. This will give businesses the certainty they need to plan long-term investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/11/2015 17:33:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra