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456919

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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	Business: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies with more than 250 employees pay their suppliers in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	29433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that late payment remains an important issue for small businesses in the UK and is taking significant steps to assist small businesses to recover late payment debts. This is part of a package of measures to tackle late payment. We have also legislated for new transparency measures in the private sector.</p><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for a new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations which will be introduced this year. This will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><p>Through the Enterprise Bill, currently before Parliament, we will legislate to establish a Small Business Commissioner to give general advice and to help small businesses resolve disputes relating to payment matters with larger businesses.</p><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/03/2016 11:48:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

456925

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions (a) he and (b) ministers of his Department have had with their Welsh Government counterparts on the potential benefits to North Wales of the Northern Powerhouse.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	29579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Wales jointly hosted a roundtable in August to discussthese potential benefits. Ministerial and official engagement continues across Departments to capitalise on the opportunities for North Wales from the Northern Powerhouse.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/03/2016 10:44:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

456938

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Asthma: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England and Wales died from asthma in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	29449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/03/2016 08:54:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name Combined 29449, 29450 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Death from Athma/Pregnancy
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

456963

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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	Public Lending Right
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in extending the Public Lending Right scheme to e-lending (a) in local libraries and (b) at home.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	29377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Public Lending Right legislation was revised to extend the PLR scheme to include on-site lending of audio and e-books on 1 July 2014. My Department and the Libraries Taskforce are working closely with the Public Lending Right office and representative groups for libraries, publishers and authors to improve the availability of remote e-lending and to consider options to appropriately remunerate authors and other rights holders. These have been productive discussions and I look forward to progress continuing.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/03/2016 12:00:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

456965

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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	Television Licences: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department gives to TV Licensing on how it deals with people who do not own a television.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	29430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Within the legislative framework set out by Government, it is for the BBC Executive Board to manage licence fee collection. Under the terms of the 2006 Royal Charter the BBC Trust is required to ensure that the arrangements for the collection of the licence fee by the BBC Executive are efficient, appropriate and proportionate. In order to fulfil this function, the Trust has committed to regularly review the BBC Executive’s licence fee collection strategy, as part of the BBC’s annual report and accounts.</p><p><br>Last year an independent review led by David Perry QC examined the current methods of enforcement, and we are considering the review’s recommendations as part of the ongoing Charter Review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/03/2016 11:34:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

457017

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many smart (a) electric and (b) gas meters have been installed in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the UK since the smart meter programme was implemented.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	29447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed in Great Britain is set out in the Government’s ‘Smart Meters, Great Britain, Quarterly report to end September 2015’, published on 22 December 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The roll-out is making good progress with more than 2 million meters now operating under the Programme which covers Great Britain. Northern Ireland is undertaking a separate roll-out programme.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, data is published only at Great Britain level. Data is not collected from energy suppliers in a way that allows constituency or regional-level data to be produced.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/03/2016 11:13:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

457102

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was of offenders sentenced after having been returned to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	29405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on the operation of the European Arrest Warrant and these can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics/wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics/608-wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics-2009-april-2015-1" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics/wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics/608-wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics-2009-april-2015-1</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 29404 question first answered 07/03/2016 09:54:19 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

457103

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total number of years sentencing was handed out to offenders brought back to the UK from Spain under a European Arrest Warrant as part of Operation Captura.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	29404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on the operation of the European Arrest Warrant and these can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics/wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics/608-wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics-2009-april-2015-1" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics/wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics/608-wanted-by-the-uk-european-arrest-warrant-statistics-2009-april-2015-1</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 29405 question first answered 07/03/2016 09:54:19 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

457110

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Dundee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Uneven Growth: Tackling City Decline, published in February 2016, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of that report in Dundee.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	29582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to my answer of 4 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 29583 question first answered 07/03/2016 11:25:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

457111

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Dundee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Uneven Growth: Tackling City Decline, published in February 2016, what steps he plans to take to address the findings of that report on the relative decline of Dundee.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	29583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to my answer of 4 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 29582 question first answered 07/03/2016 11:25:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray