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584013

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish a list of its special advisers in post.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	46562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong>A full list of Government special advisers will be published in due course, in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 10/10/2016 08:31:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577438

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Remittances: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of remittances by EU A8 citizens resident in the UK since May 2004.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	45350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury has made no estimate of the number of remittances made since May 2004.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2016 16:44:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577439

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: EU Internal Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue that UK banks and financial institutions receive through passporting rights within the EU since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	45351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Over 5,000 UK firms, including banks, investment firms and insurance companies, hold passports which enable them to provide their financial services and establish branches in other EU Member States. Excluding banks more than three-quarters of all of the firms in the EU that use passporting under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive are based in the UK. However, passporting rights are conferred under several different pieces of EU legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Supervisory authorities record passport notifications, including into which Member State the passport is being used, but there is no detailed record of the type or scale of their use. The Treasury is engaging with business to further understand the issues affecting the financial services industry as the UK prepares for negotiations to leave the EU, including how firms make use of the different passports available to them.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2016 16:54:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577517

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Turkey: EU Accession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on Turkey's accession to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	45349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>As and when candidate countries have met the requirements for accession in full, it will be for those countries and European Union members at the time to decide on membership. That point remains some way off.</p><p>The UK remains committed to driving reform, embedding stability and addressing shared challenges such as security and migration in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The UK will continue to support countries committed to the accession process in meeting the necessary requirements.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/09/2016 15:08:35 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

577650

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Clacton-on-Sea Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Abellio Greater Anglia on commitments for station upgrades at Clacton-on-Sea, as part of the new franchise agreed in August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	45352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The new Franchise Agreement will require that Clacton-on-Sea station is equipped with digital Customer Information System (CIS) screens, help points and CCTV cameras linked back to a central control centre. Passengers at Clacton-on-Sea will also benefit from free of charge improved network bandwidth WiFi at the station by 2018. Abellio shall undertake a refurbishment programme at Clacton-on-Sea. This will include a deep clean of the station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2016 16:24:20 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

536435

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14704, what plans his Department has to review and enhance the powers contained in the Public Order Act 1994 to award local authorities greater ability to remove illegal traveller camps without recourse to the courts.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	42795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities and the police have a range of strong powers that enable them to take action against unauthorised encampments and developments. As my predecessor outlined in the Answer to the Hon. Member dated 9 November 2015 (Question 14704), a summary of these powers was sent to all council leaders, Police and Crime Commissioners and Police Chief Constables in March 2015:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418139/150326_Dealing_with_illegal_and_unauthorised_encampments_-_final.pdf</p><p>The Government is open to suggestions for how enforcement could be strengthened and continues to keep this issue under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 19/07/2016 14:56:54 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

536440

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Wethersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to ensure that a minimum number of homes are constructed on MOD Wethersfield for local residents during negotiations for the sale of that site.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	42793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has committed to release land for 55,000 homes during this Parliament. Land at MOD Wethersfield is estimated to provide 4,850 homes. The allocation of these homes is a matter for the local authority and the developers who build them and not the MOD.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/07/2016 15:09:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

536451

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to renegotiate the strike price per megawatt hour for Hinkley Point C; and if he will assess the potential merits of imposing a limit on the taxpayer subsidy to EDF.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	42794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Hinkley Point C is a good deal for consumers – it will provide reliable energy at an affordable cost, powering nearly six million homes for around 60 years and creating more than 25,000 jobs.</p><p>Today nuclear provides around 19% of our electricity but these ageing plants won’t go on forever. Therefore the Government is committed to our policy of building new nuclear in the interest of energy security and decarbonisation, and keeping costs down for the consumer.</p><p>Consumers will only pay when Hinkley is up and running.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:42:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

536236

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Combined Authorities: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the consideration of the Greater Essex Combined Authority bid.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	42688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>We are encouraging all areas to come forward with locally led devolution proposals. If Greater Essex takes the decision to proceed with a combined authority and consults on those proposals, as statue provides, we will consider whether the creation of a combined authority is likely to improve the exercise of statutory functions in that area and lead to more effective and convenient local government.</p><p>We look forward to discussing with Greater Essex any proposals they have to form a combined authority.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 18/07/2016 16:44:48 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

532881

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning the Government undertook in the event of a vote to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	41894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government had a clear position on the referendum and it was right for the civil service to work in support of that. We now have clear instructions from the British people and Government will of course work to take those instructions forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 11/07/2016 08:54:51 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell