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170139

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216782, what steps his Department is taking to improve the administration process for funeral payments.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	218572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently taking steps to improve the scheme and will continue to monitor its effectiveness so that it continues to meet its aim of providing a contribution towards the cost of a funeral. For example staff are working with the Bereavement Service, the main conduit of initial applications, to ensure where possible they collect all the required evidence and information at the earliest possible juncture, smoothing and improving the process for claimants. On-going improvements such as this ensure claims are dealt with in a timely and consistent manner and are in the best interests of those needing the scheme’s support.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/12/2014 12:41:43 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

169718

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	218299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 30 November 2014, 3100 staff were employed in the core-Department’s buildings throughout the UK. Of these 2555 were core-BIS staff and 545 were UKTI staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:49:21 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

169724

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers who were issued with notices of underpayment for the national minimum wage and were eligible for naming and shaming under the arrangements introduced since 1 October 2013 he has decided not to name and shame.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	218354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the revised Naming Scheme the Government will name all employers that have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU) unless employers meet one of the exceptional criteria or have arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date 3 employers have made successful representations against being named and 8 employers have not been named as they had arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has already named 55 employers. Between them they owed workers a total of over £139,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £60,000. We will be naming other employers that do not comply with National Minimum Wage regulations soon.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Anyone not receiving the minimum wage that they are legally entitled to should call the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:36:27 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

169728

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216899, what assessment he has made of the negative impact on business and jobs he is seeking to limit.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	218289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Our preliminary assessment of the impact of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling suggest that total costs to employers in the UK could be in the region of hundreds of millions of pounds. The Government understands the deep concern felt by many employers about these potential costs. The holiday pay taskforce is discussing ways to limit the judgment’s impact on business. This encompasses both issues relating to back pay and management of future workforce planning. The Government also wishes to ensure that workers receive appropriate reward for their hard work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our discussions with the Taskforce and a wide range of other representative organisations, we are urgently reviewing what actions we should take.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 218290 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:31:10 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

169729

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216899, whether the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and Others v Mr David Fulton and Others necessitates changes to the Working Time Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	218290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Our preliminary assessment of the impact of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling suggest that total costs to employers in the UK could be in the region of hundreds of millions of pounds. The Government understands the deep concern felt by many employers about these potential costs. The holiday pay taskforce is discussing ways to limit the judgment’s impact on business. This encompasses both issues relating to back pay and management of future workforce planning. The Government also wishes to ensure that workers receive appropriate reward for their hard work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our discussions with the Taskforce and a wide range of other representative organisations, we are urgently reviewing what actions we should take.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 218289 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:31:10 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

169730

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to offer different rates of apprentice national minimum wage for apprentices of different ages and levels of experience.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	218260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>This year we have asked the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to consider whether we can simplify the apprentice rate structure so that it is as clear and simple as possible, in order to support those employers who take on apprentices and to improve compliance with the National Minimum Wage. We have also asked the LPC to consider whether there should be different rates of apprentice National Minimum Wage for apprentices of different ages and levels. The LPC will report back with their recommendations in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:38:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

169737

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with Sir John Chilcot on whether the report of the Iraq Inquiry will be published before the next General Election; what information his Department holds on the reasons for the time taken to publish that report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd on 11 December 2014 to UIN 217676.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 15/12/2014 15:27:22 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

169738

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	218301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Transparency Agenda, all Government Departments, their agencies and public bodies now publish monthly statistics on their workforce. For the Cabinet Office, this is published on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a> and on data.gov.uk at <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-cabinet-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-cabinet-office</a> .</p><p>Information about the Cabinet Office workforce is also published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts which are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 15/12/2014 15:28:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

169745

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Excise Duties: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency have been affected by the freezing of fuel duty.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has taken action on fuel duty to support motorists, by abolishing the previous government’s fuel duty escalator, cutting fuel duty by 1 penny per litre in March 2011, and scrapping four planned increases over the parliament. The number of privately owned cars registered in the named constituencies to benefit from these actions are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Kent: 711,226</p></li><li><p>Medway: 120,806</p></li><li><p>Gillingham and Rainham constituency: 44,429</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold information relating to the addresses of registered keepers, and therefore cannot provide data broken down by household.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/12/2014 16:19:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169746

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospices: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement of the removal of VAT for hospice charities, whether the exemption will apply to capital as well as revenue expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	218254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement that this government will refund the VAT that hospice charities incur, the government will now engage with the hospice sector, including those in Northern Ireland, in taking this policy forward to implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:07:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn