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776827

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on compliance of the recent reforms to off-payroll working in the public sector; and what recent assessment he has made of the level and effects of non-compliance relating to the recent reforms to off-payroll working in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Horsham
tabling member printed	Jeremy Quin
uin	109236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The off-payroll rules (commonly known as IR35) ensure that where an individual would be an employee if they were engaged directly rather than through their own company, they pay broadly the same taxes as employees. Since April 2017, public sector bodies have been responsible for deciding if these rules apply. Early analysis of tax receipts between April and June shows that around 90,000 additional new engagements occurred in the public sector above the level that would normally be expected. This indicates more individuals are being taxed as employees since the reforms, and is consistent with the government’s expectations that the reforms would increase tax compliance in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of non-compliance in the private sector is continuing to increase: the latest estimate is that tax losses to the Exchequer will grow to £1.2 billion a year by 2022/23. This is part of the wider increasing cost of incorporation highlighted by the OBR in their 2017 Fiscal Risks Report.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/10/2017 06:31:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin

777035

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reduce the number of unnecessary road signs.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	109454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities (and Highways England for the strategic road network) are responsible for the installation and removal of all traffic signs, including temporary ones. It is for them to ensure any temporary signs placed do not stay in place beyond the legal time limit.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing sign clutter was one of the principle aims of the recent revision of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD). This came into force on 22 April 2016, and relaxed many requirements on the use and placing of signs to enable local authorities to place fewer signs.</p><p> </p><p>DfT Circular 01/2016 published alongside TSRGD 2016 includes a section on decluttering, highlighting these changes and making it clear that the Department expects authorities to make use of these to reduce the amount of sign clutter on the roads.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of revising our good practice guidance on sign design and placement, the Traffic Signs Manual, to reflect the changes made in TSRGD. This will emphasise decluttering throughout.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109452 question first answered 26/10/2017 14:58:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

777036

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that local councils enforce the removal of temporary road signs which have remained in place beyond the maximum permitted period of three months.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	109452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities (and Highways England for the strategic road network) are responsible for the installation and removal of all traffic signs, including temporary ones. It is for them to ensure any temporary signs placed do not stay in place beyond the legal time limit.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing sign clutter was one of the principle aims of the recent revision of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD). This came into force on 22 April 2016, and relaxed many requirements on the use and placing of signs to enable local authorities to place fewer signs.</p><p> </p><p>DfT Circular 01/2016 published alongside TSRGD 2016 includes a section on decluttering, highlighting these changes and making it clear that the Department expects authorities to make use of these to reduce the amount of sign clutter on the roads.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of revising our good practice guidance on sign design and placement, the Traffic Signs Manual, to reflect the changes made in TSRGD. This will emphasise decluttering throughout.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109454 question first answered 26/10/2017 14:58:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

777037

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wrecks: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many wrecks have been recovered in each of the Overseas Territories since the introduction of the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks by the UK in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	109445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>No wrecks have been recovered from the waters surrounding any of the Overseas Territories since the introduction of the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks by the UK in 2015.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 15:04:33 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

777058

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in ensuring that small and medium-sized businesses are able to access finance.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME’s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 109420 109421 109422 question first answered 26/10/2017 13:21:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

777059

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have been referred to (a) Business Finance Compared, (b) Funding Options and (c) Funding Xchange under the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME’s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 109419 109420 109422 question first answered 26/10/2017 13:21:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

777060

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he or a Minister of his Department will meet the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston to discuss the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME’s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 109419 109420 109421 question first answered 26/10/2017 13:21:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

777061

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been loaned to businesses by (a) Business Finance Compared, (b) Funding Options and (c) Funding Xchange under the Small and Medium Sized Business (Finance Platforms) Regulations 2015 in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	109420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Bank Referral Scheme helps businesses which are viable, but do not fit the risk appetite of the traditional banks, to access the finance they need to grow and expand. Banks designated by the government are required to refer SMEs they decline for finance, with the SME’s permission, to designated finance platforms that can match SMEs with alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 11 August 2017 over 8,100 SMEs had been referred to the finance platforms, and 230 businesses had received funding totalling £3.8m from alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government has announced its intention to designate another finance platform, Alternative Business Funding, on 1 November 2017. Further data will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 109419 109421 109422 question first answered 26/10/2017 13:21:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

776009

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes
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 implications for his policies of the recent ballot on industrial action at Royal Mail conducted by the Communication Workers Union; and what discussions he has had with management of Royal Mail on those implications.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	109064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The industrial dispute by Royal Mail staff is a matter for Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. The Government encourages the parties to engage constructively to find a solution to the dispute as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/10/2017 12:30:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

776010

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Equifax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Government departments were compromised by the data breach at Equifax; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	109027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>No Government departments have been compromised by the data breach at Equifax Inc., a US-registered company.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a contract with TDX Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Equifax Ltd. Equifax Ltd is a separate legal entity registered in the UK. The systems and platforms used in the UK by Equifax Ltd are entirely separated from those impacted by the cyber security incident in the US and were not affected.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:27:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne