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672035

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to his Department was of the use of external lawyers by his Department (a) in general and (b) related to the work of the Treasury Solicitors in (i) 2016, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The cost relating to the use of external lawyers (including lawyers in the Government Legal Department, formerly the Treasury Solicitor’s Department) by the Attorney General’s Office for the last three financial years is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD lawyers</p></td><td><p>425,859</p></td><td><p>330,442</p></td><td><p>322,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>210,537</p></td><td><p>340,640</p></td><td><p>220,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Other external lawyers)</p></td><td><p>40,153</p></td><td><p>8,677</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-GLD legal fees (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>18,816</p></td><td><p>14,252</p></td><td><p>18,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total external legal fees</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>695,366</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>694,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>561,153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are exclusive of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2017 14:43:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671747

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	UK Permanent Representation to the EU: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people are employed at the UK Permanent Representation to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>There are over 120 officials currently employed at the UK’s Permanent Representation to the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/01/2017 16:35:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671774

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS was of accident and emergency admissions for people with diabetes complications in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/01/2017 12:01:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671802

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for the post of Metropolitan Police Commissioner; and when the closing date is for applications for that post.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government will not comment on the progress of this recruitment process while it is ongoing, but will provide information about the number of applications when the appointment is announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/01/2017 12:33:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671803

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the police funding formula.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is undertaking a process of engagement with the policing sector and independent experts on reform of the Police Core Grant Distribution Formula. No decisions will be taken until Ministers have considered the outcome of the Review. Any new formula will be subject to public consultation before implementation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/01/2017 12:34:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671806

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department received a bonus in 2016; and what the total amount of such bonuses was at each grade in her Department in that year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Government transparency agenda all year end and in-year bonuses are published in the Non-Consolidated Performance Related Pay (NCPRP) return. This information can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-performance-related-pay-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">data.gov.uk</a>. The latest set of this information was published in March 2016 and relates to the 2014/15 performance year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/01/2017 14:08:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

655697

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55157, how his Department plans to ensure that progress will be regularly and transparently monitored on the food industry's reduction of sugar in its products; who will be responsible for conducting such monitoring; and how and at what frequency the public will be made aware of the outcome of such monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	56919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for the structured, transparent monitoring of the sugar reduction programme. Interim reports will be published every six months and a more comprehensive audit of progress will be provided at 18 and 36 months after publication of the targets in March 2017. Information will be made available on the GOV.UK website so that external bodies and members of the public can view and scrutinise the data.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:21:28 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

654482

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she has had with King Salman on her visit to the Gulf in December 2016 on the situation in Yemen; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	56583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>I discussed a range of issues with King Salman related to the Gulf Region. The UK Government has been clear that we want to see a durable ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks because a political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 16/12/2016 10:10:32 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

647156

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sugar: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health on the potential health implications of the lifting of EU sugar quotas.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	55156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The removal of EU sugar beet quotas will allow British growers to move towards competing with other sugar producers around the world. The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan includes a range of actions to support families in reducing their sugar consumption, including a new Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugary drinks and a challenge to industry to reduce 20% of sugar from the products that contribute most sugar to children’s diets by 2020. Defra meets regularly with the Department for Health and Public Health England to discuss these and other issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/12/2016 14:30:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

647180

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to prevent an increase in the sugar content of food and drink products after the EU sugar quotas are lifted in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	55157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the Childhood Obesity Plan, published in August 2016, Public Health England is working with all parts of the food industry to encourage businesses to remove 20% of sugar from the nine categories of foods that contribute most to children’s diets by 2020 with an initial 5% reduction by August 2017. Progress will be regularly and transparently monitored.</p><p> </p><p>The removal of European Union sugar beet quotas will allow British growers to move towards competing on a level playing field with other sugar producers around the world.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 06/12/2016 10:34:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz