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649396

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Telecommunications: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 29 November (HL3375), what action they propose to take against infrastructure providers who do not comply with the code of practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL3759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Communications infrastructure providers are obliged under the Cabinet and Pole Siting Code of Practice to have procedures in place to manage compliance complaints. Complaints should be escalated to a higher level in the provider’s organisation, and a full written response to the complainant provided in a timely manner, giving the reasons for accepting or rejecting the complaint. Providers are also required to keep records of the number of complaints received and the outcome taken to remedy any breaches.</p><p> </p><p>Information about non-compliance or complaints more generally are fed into the regular reviews of the Code of Practice’s performance by the independent group representing communications and planning interests. They check that any breaches to the Code of Practice have been addressed appropriately and are able to make changes to strengthen the Code to improve compliance. Under the terms of the Code, regular reviews will be undertaken every 18 months, to ensure that the current high level of compliance is maintained.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 06/12/2016 14:17:15 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

649410

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance the Government has issued to the police and local authorities to improve how they share information with each other for the purposes of (a) safeguarding of children and (b) other matters relating to public protection; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	55831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Proportionate and timely information is key to keeping children safe. In 2015, the Government published two key documents to support local practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers. These are: ‘Information Sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services’, which sets out how information should be shared between the local authority, police and indeed other agencies, and ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’.</p><p> </p><p>These documents were published as part of a package alongside other key documents, including ‘What to do if you're worried a child is being abused’ and ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. Both documents make clear that if a child is at risk of harm or abuse, practitioners should share information.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/12/2016 15:26:02 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

649411

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to (a) expand or (b) reduce the number of countries eligible for Prosperity Fund Projects in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Cross-government Prosperity Fund is primarily Official Development Assistance (ODA) and is open to all countries that remain ODA eligible under the OECD Development Assistance Committee classification. Detailed design of the Prosperity Fund is still ongoing, and in order to maximise impact, Ministers have agreed that the Fund should concentrate on countries with large numbers of poor people and that still face significant development challenges but which are also key for driving future global prosperity. Those countries will be kept under regular review throughout the duration of the Fund.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:38:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649412

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official development assistance funding has been allocated to the Prosperity Fund for 2016-17 by (a) recipient country and (b) sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>For the first year of the fund, 2016-17, the Cross-government Prosperity Fund has allocated Official Development Assistance across a range of programmes, focusing primarily on countries, but also focusing on certain key sectors.</p><p><strong>Countries</strong></p><p>Approximately £39 million was allocated by country, broken down as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>AFRICA</strong> ​</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>AMERICAS​</strong> ​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Kenya</p></td><td><p>​£651,000</p></td><td><p>​Argentina</p></td><td><p>£76,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Mozambique</p></td><td><p>​£81,000</p></td><td><p>​Brazil</p></td><td><p>​£3.8 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Nigeria</p></td><td><p>​£752,000</p></td><td><p>​Chile</p></td><td><p>​£846,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​South Africa</p></td><td><p>​£471,000</p></td><td><p>​Colombia</p></td><td><p>​£923,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Southern Africa Region</p></td><td><p>​£384,000</p></td><td><p>​Mexico</p></td><td><p>​£4.6 m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Africa Region</p></td><td><p>£769,000​</p></td><td><p>​Peru</p></td><td><p>​£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>ASIA PACIFIC</strong> ​</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>​<strong>EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA ​</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​Burma</p></td><td><p>​£407,000</p></td><td><p>​EECA Region</p></td><td><p>£230,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>​China</p></td><td><p>​£9.8 m</p></td><td><p>​Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Indonesia</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£634,000</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><p>​<strong>MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA</strong> ​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Malaysia</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£584,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Iran</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£307,000​</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Philippines</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£646,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Jordan</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​SE Asia Region</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£946,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​Lebanon</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£1.5 m</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Thailand</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£169,000</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1"><p>​<strong>SOUTH ASIA ​</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><p>​Vietnam</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​£880,000</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>​India</p></td><td rowspan="1"><p>£5.4 m​</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sectors </strong></p><p>Just over £10 million was allocated to sectors and programmes for 2016/17 as follows:</p><ul><li>​Anti-Corruption: £5m</li><li>Commonwealth Marine Economies: £5.6m</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:36:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649413

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance spending allocated to the Prosperity Fund in 2016-17 was provided to (a) companies, (b) non-governmental organisations, (c) educational institutions, (d) scientific institutions, (e) trade bodies and (f) financial or legal institutions headquarted or registered in (i) the UK and (ii) UK Overseas Territories.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	55875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information required to answer this question is not held centrally and can only be collated accurately at a disproportionate cost to the department. Prosperity Fund allocations in 2016-17 were devolved to a number of government departments and across the FCO network. Each will use a range of partners to support the implementation of their projects in order to ensure impact and in line with programme best practice.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/12/2016 15:16:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

649414

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monthly average waiting time was related to calls to HM Revenue and Customs on universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information. The Department for Work and Pensions administers Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:17:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649415

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparable process to the P800 adjustment for income tax exists to correct National Insurance records.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>National Insurance records do not have a comparable process to the end of year P800 adjustments process for income tax. This is because National Insurance contributions (NICs) paid on the earnings of the employee are assessed for the period in which the earnings were paid (for example, weekly or monthly) for each separate employment. There is no annual correction as unlike income tax, NICs are not assessed on an annual basis across all sources, therefore no reconciliation is required at the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>When the details of the NICs paid are recorded onto an individual's National Insurance account, HM Revenue and Customs routinely performs checks on the data received and under or overpayments of NICs can be investigated and corrected.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:16:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

649416

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P800 adjustments issued to individual taxpayers were to correct an (a) over-payment and (b) under-payment of income tax in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	55901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Overpayments (millions)</p></td><td><p>Underpayments (millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3.70</p></td><td><p>1.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3.95</p></td><td><p>1.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3.49</p></td><td><p>1.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:15:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

649417

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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	Shell: North Sea
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 potential effect on employment in the North Sea oil and gas industry in Scotland of the scale of North Sea assets by Shell; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	55870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Oil and Gas Authority will assess any licence transfer as the licence authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/12/2016 17:14:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

649418

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to assess (a) trends in the incidence of people purchasing insurance coverage and (b) levels of insurance coverage purchased after the rise in insurance premium tax announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	55820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not have any plans to carry out such an assessment. Trends and the levels of insurance purchased are subject to a number of influences. These include the price of insurance. Price is set by insurers and is subject to a wide range of factors, of which tax is just one part. Other factors include inflation, changing assessment of risk, the performance of insurers’ investments and costs. It is therefore difficult to isolate and then analyse the impact of any one of these factors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no evidence to suggest that this level of change to Insurance Premium Tax will lead to changes in the number of uninsured vehicles. The estimated number of uninsured vehicles in the UK has fallen from 2 million in 2005 to 1 million today.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:13:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell