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579478

registered interest
date	09/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the waiver of the five-year British citizenship requirement for Commonwealth recruits to military support roles.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	45778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>On 12 May 2016, the then Minister for the Armed Forces (Penny Mordaunt) made a written ministerial statement (HCWS 726) which announced that the five year UK residency requirement was being waived to allow for 200 Commonwealth citizens per annum to be recruited to fill a limited number of roles in the Regular Armed Forces which require specialist skills. The limit and the list of roles that can be filled under these arrangements were agreed in consultation with the Home Office. Those Commonwealth citizens who do not have the required skills to fill one of the 200 specialist roles are still required to meet the five year UK residency requirement.</p><p>Since the written statement, some 9,500 applications for specialist roles have been received from Commonwealth citizens. Many applicants will be rejected for not meeting the relevant eligibility criteria, or will fail the various stages of the selection process. The numbers who are enlisted and then successfully complete the training to fill one of these roles will therefore not exceed the 200 per annum limit.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 45549 question first answered 13/09/2016 14:57:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 20160512_WMS_Commonwealth_Recruitment.docx title 20160512 WMS - Commonwealth Recruitment
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

578598

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to encourage barristers who are employed through the Service Prosecuting Authority to enter the selection competition to become Queen's Counsel.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	45661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>I would strongly encourage anyone with the appropriate skills and experience to apply to become Queen’s Counsel, including those at the employed bar and within the Service Prosecuting Authority.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/09/2016 11:45:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

578599

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2016 to Question 43066, on Cabinet Office: Ministerial policy advisers, whether his Department has now calculated the information requested in that Question on severance pay.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	45702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>This information will be published in due course, as part of the full and detailed list of special advisers, salary bands and total pay bill costs.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/09/2016 09:16:03 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

578600

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the rollout of digital infrastructure in rural areas as part of the move to deliver public services through digital technology.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	45597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>I meet Cabinet colleagues regularly to discuss a range of issues. My officials in the Government Digital Service work with the Department of Culture, Media &amp; Sport on digital inclusion and engagement. Government is working in partnership with the private and voluntary sectors to ensure that everyone in the UK has the basic digital skills needed to benefit in the digital age. To date, more than 90 organisations, including EE, Vodafone, Age UK, the LGA, Tinder Foundation, Microsoft, Shelter and Google have signed up to the Government’s Digital Inclusion Charter to develop initiatives that reach as many people as possible. We are committed to ensuring every UK citizen who can be online will be by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/09/2016 13:26:40 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

578609

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2016 to Question 43403, what the evidential basis is for his assertion that no hon. Members have handed in the text of their Bill; what discussions he and his officials have had with House authorities on the status of each of the Private Members' Bills presented on 29 June 2016; and which Bills have been received by Parliamentary Counsel in draft as part of the process of discussion with Departments.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	45752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Bills formally submitted to the Public Bill Office are available to all Members and are published online. Government Departments are holding discussions with several Members about their Bills.<br><br>The Government will set out its position on each Bill at the relevant Second Reading.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/09/2016 16:37:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

578610

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the pay grade is of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	45720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>A list of special advisers and pay bands will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 45746 question first answered 13/09/2016 09:04:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

578613

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers work for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	45746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>A list of special advisers and pay bands will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 45720 question first answered 13/09/2016 09:04:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

578614

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ballot Papers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2016 to Question 42682, whether he is taking steps to reduce the number of spoilt ballots in elections.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	45747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made improvements to ballot papers, forms and instructions used by voters at elections and referendums in order to make voting as accessible as possible. This involved public user-testing of the revised voting forms. The Government will consider reports from the Electoral Commission and other organisations on the polls held during 2016 and decide whether any further action is required.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/09/2016 07:59:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

578618

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next national audit register.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	George Kerevan
uin	45767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>We assume that the Hon Member is referring to the National Asset Register. HM Treasury have no plans to publish a National Asset Register. The decision to stop publication of a National Asset Register was made before the first publication of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2009-10. The latest version of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2014-15 was published on 26 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/09/2016 14:04:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4416 label Biography information for George Kerevan

578620

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
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 implications for small businesses of his Department's plans to introduce quarterly digital tax returns by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	45742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government launched the Making Tax Digital consultations on 15 August. The consultations included an initial impact assessment alongside an overview of the potential costs and savings. This initial assessment shows a reduction in businesses’ on-going administrative costs in the medium term; these proposals do not mean four tax returns a year.</p><p>The Government will publish an updated assessment in the Tax Information and Impact Note to be published alongside draft legislation</p><p>These reforms will bring the tax system into the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, contributing to HM Revenue and Customs’ overall target to reduce administrative burdens for business by £400m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/09/2016 16:15:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day