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175210

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will direct the Insolvency Service to reduce its fees in cases of insolvency.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service is required to set its fees in line with the principles laid out in HM Treasury’s “Managing Public Money” guidance, which specify that charges should be set to recover full costs. This approach is intended to make sure that the government neither profits at the expense of consumers nor makes a loss for taxpayers to subside. Fees charged are set out in secondary legislation and are reviewed annually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/01/2015 16:03:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175250

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 15 December 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Webster.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	221743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the Rt. Hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 23 December 2014 (Defra reference MC366057/AB).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/01/2015 15:41:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

175004

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
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 combined financial effect on (a) small and (b) all businesses of government policy on business rates (i) in cash terms and (ii) in real terms since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	221663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>To help support businesses and create jobs, the government has taken action to reduce the burden of business rates on ratepayers in every year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total cost of these measures has been £4.1bn over this Parliament. This is a total of £4.2bn in real terms, based on 2014-15 prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of this, the government has spent £2bn on reducing bills for small businesses through the doubling of Small Business Rate Relief. As a result, all businesses occupying a single property with a rateable value of less than £6000 have been fully exempt from business rates since October 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16 alone, ratepayers will save £1.6bn on their business rates bills. This includes 575,000 small businesses, of whom 385,000 will pay no rates at all.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has also changed the law to allow business rates bills to be spread over 12 months rather than 10 months, to help with cash flow and affordability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/01/2015 16:43:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

175011

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Devolution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the super-affirmative procedure will be followed when the Government brings foward proposals to amend the Greater Manchester Combined Authorities Order 2011 to create an interim eleventh chair of Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>On 23 January 2015 the Government launched the statutory consultation, required by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, on a proposed Order to amend the Greater Manchester Combined Authority 2011 to provide for an eleventh leader of Greater Manchester. This consultation closes on 13 February, and subject to the responses received, it is intended as soon as practicable thereafter to seek Parliamentary approval of the proposed amendment Order through the affirmative procedure as provided for under the 2009 Act.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 221424 question first answered 26/01/2015 16:40:25 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

175022

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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	Arts: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve access to the arts for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has instigated two reviews into both music and cultural education by Darren Henley in order to improve access to arts and culture for all children including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Between 2012-2016, the Government will spend over £400million on music and cultural education which includes the £109 million package of funding for arts and music education in 2015-16 that the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport announced today (26 January 2015). It also includes £19million for a programme of cultural education initiatives that has seen the creation of a National Youth Dance Company that supports talented young dancers from across the country regardless of their background, the In Harmony programme which inspires and transforms the lives of children through community-based orchestral music-making in areas of exceptional deprivation and the Museums and Schools programme that works to increase the number of people visiting regional and national museums in areas where take up has been traditionally low.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/01/2015 14:59:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175033

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech in Nottingham on 12 January 2015, what assessment he has made of the implications for the defence industrial sector of changing the rules governing access to encrypted messages; and whether he has discussed those proposed changes with representatives of that sector.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	221533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government supports encryption, which helps keep personal data and intellectual property safe. It is also vital that the law enforcement and security and intelligence agencies can access unencrypted data to prevent threats to our national security or to prevent or detect serious crime, when it is necessary and proportionate to do so. Ministers have an ongoing and wide-ranging dialogue with the defence industrial sector.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/01/2015 16:53:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

175066

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page six of his Department's policy brief, How increased Connectivity is Boosting Prospects of Rural Areas, published in December 2014, how much of the £15 billion investment in road infrastructure will be used to promote rural connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	221625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>I</strong>n total we are investing £15.2 billion in England over 100 major schemes to enhance, renew and increase the connectivity of the Strategic Road Network between 2015/16 and 2020/21. This investment will be used to complete current road schemes, begin construction of previously announced road schemes and also start construction of 69 new road schemes by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>This includes investments to key routes in rural areas and the periphery of the country – including the A1 north of Newcastle, an investment package worth around £290 million, the A47 in Norfolk, (over £300 million) and on the A30 in Cornwall (£100-250m).</p><p> </p><p>Also included is a £2 billion commitment to turn the A303 into a new strategic corridor to the South West.</p><p> </p><p>The strategic road network does not work in isolation, so that is why this government is also investing in roads managed by local authorities as part of the planned £12 billion ‘Growth Deals’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/01/2015 14:48:28 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

175082

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of prospects for bilateral ceasefires in the Colombian peace process.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	221597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>On 14 January 2015, President Santos announced that his government was ready to begin discussions on a bilateral cease-fire with the FARC, and instructed his negotiators to start discussions as soon as possible. He noted that the FARC had complied with their unilateral cease-fire to date.</p><p>We welcome this latest development, which shows a further commitment on both sides to negotiate a sustainable peace for all Colombians after decades of conflict. We will continue to follow events closely.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 26/01/2015 13:15:14 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

175098

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have left the NHS before normal retirement age in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	221513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of nurses who have left the National Health Service before retirement age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 26/01/2015 16:48:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

175116

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) acknowledgement and (b) information about action taken a victim receives following a report to Action Fraud.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	221638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Action Fraud is the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, and takes reports on behalf of all police forces in England and Wales. Action Fraud works in conjunction with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB): <br>both are operated by the City of London Police, the national lead force for fraud. The NFIB analyses Action Fraud crime reports and prepares intelligence packages for police forces to consider for enforcement action. Action Fraud <br>does not carry out investigative activities. It establishes which law enforcement agency should investigate the crime(s) and disseminates if appropriate.<br><br>Victims of crime who report to Action Fraud receive an explanation of Action Fraud’s role, and what next steps will follow their report, including how the NFIB generates crime packages and information for law enforcement <br>agencies. They will be given a reference number and offered advice on how to protect themselves from being a victim of further fraud.<br><br>Following analysis of their crime report, victims will receive an update on what action has been taken. Where their crime has been disseminated to a police force, they will be given a point of contact and crime reference number <br>for that force. If the information in their report has no viable investigative leads, it is possible that it could still be used to disrupt the enablers of crime (such as blocking websites). Victims will be advised if their information has been used in this way. They will also be informed if there is insufficient information to enable either an investigation or disruption, but in such cases are told that their report will remain on NFIB’s systems and could potentially match against future reports. To date, over 300,000 of these <br>updates have been sent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/01/2015 14:05:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart