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672036

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of full-time equivalent employees are women in the gross salary bands (a) £150,000 to £155,000, (b) £155,000 to £160,000, (c) £160,000 to £165,000, (d) £165,000 to £170,000, (e) £170,000 to £175,000, (f) £175,000 to £180,000, (g) £180,000 to £185,000, (h) £185,000 to £190,000, (i) £190,000 to £195,000, (j) £195,000 to £200,000 and (k) £200,000 and above.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	59712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2017 14:14:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 59712 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Women Salary
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

672039

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs granted to each merchant shipping company in each of the last five years; and for what purposes those tax reliefs were granted.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tonnage Tax relief is to promote the success and effectiveness of UK strategically and commercially managed shipping fleets in a market highly exposed to international competition and whose management is highly mobile. The table below shows the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for each year from 2010 to 2014 (the latest year for which full data is currently available) and the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding scheme. This relates to companies who reported a Tonnage Tax Profit in the relevant year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Companies</p></td><td><p>Total Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax (£m Rounded)</p></td><td><p>Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding Scheme (£m Rounded)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data cannot be broken down to reflect relief given to individual companies for reasons of confidentiality. Tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for individual companies ranged from £0 to £1.4 million for each year in the five year period.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59751 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:14:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672041

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55090, on sanitary protection: VAT, (a) on which dates, (b) with which EU institutions and (c) which Ministers raised this specific issue at EU level.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	59771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have continued to press the issue of sanitary protection during EU meetings with opposite numbers, with the European Commission, and most recently with the incoming European Council Presidency in late December 2016. It would not be appropriate to publish correspondence that relates to ongoing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59772 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:16:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

672042

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55090, on sanitary protection: VAT, if he will release all written Ministerial correspondence with EU institutions on the abolition of VAT on sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	59772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have continued to press the issue of sanitary protection during EU meetings with opposite numbers, with the European Commission, and most recently with the incoming European Council Presidency in late December 2016. It would not be appropriate to publish correspondence that relates to ongoing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59771 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:16:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

672043

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Tonnage Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs on tonnage tax granted to merchant shipping companies who are members of the SMarT Funding scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tonnage Tax relief is to promote the success and effectiveness of UK strategically and commercially managed shipping fleets in a market highly exposed to international competition and whose management is highly mobile. The table below shows the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for each year from 2010 to 2014 (the latest year for which full data is currently available) and the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding scheme. This relates to companies who reported a Tonnage Tax Profit in the relevant year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Companies</p></td><td><p>Total Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax (£m Rounded)</p></td><td><p>Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding Scheme (£m Rounded)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data cannot be broken down to reflect relief given to individual companies for reasons of confidentiality. Tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for individual companies ranged from £0 to £1.4 million for each year in the five year period.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59749 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:14:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672055

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Sports: Listed Events
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will update the qualifying criteria for television channels to broadcast sport under the listed events regime to ensure that coverage of major sporting events remains available to all television viewers.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	59903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The government has been clear that the system is working, but that it will keep this area under review to ensure that the nation's most-loved sporting events remain available on free-to-air television.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/01/2017 12:27:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant

672058

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to protect members of the armed services who served in Operation Banner from persistent legal claims.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	59720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Members of the Armed Forces, including veterans, who face legal action as a result of their service in Northern Ireland during Operation BANNER are offered and helped with legal and pastoral support, by the Ministry of Defence and the chain of command.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/01/2017 16:01:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

672064

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	European Defence Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK citizens are (a) employed by and (b) on secondment to the European Defence Agency.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	59896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The European Defence Agency currently employs 11 British Citizens with a further two British Citizens working as Seconded National Experts.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/01/2017 16:18:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

672065

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Lockheed Martin, (b) BAE Systems and (c) the US Department of Defense on maintaining the current level of UK-build content for the F-35 Lightning II programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	59884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK build content on F-35 remains stable and unchanged, with UK industry building around 15% by value of each of an estimated 3,000 F-35 aircraft. The F-35 production programme and its supply chain was established a number of years ago and we hold regular discussions with the US Department of Defense and others on all aspects of the programme. Separately, the UK has been selected as a global repair hub for F-35 components which also provides significant F-35 support work for the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/01/2017 16:09:15 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

672066

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for (a) 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade and (b) 2 Armoured Infantry brigade to reach initial operational capacity; and when he pans for (i) 1 Armoured Infantry brigade and (ii) 2 Armoured Infantry brigade to reach full operational capacity.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	59886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The British Army currently has three armoured infantry brigades: 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade; 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade; and 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Under the refinements to the Army 2020 structures announced by written ministerial statement on 15 December 2016 (HCWS367), the Army will modernise its ability to fight at divisional level. It will be re-organised to consist of four brigades: two armoured infantry brigades (retaining 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade and 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade in this role) and the two new innovative Strike brigades</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/01/2017 16:01:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones