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626740

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date	01/11/2016
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	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to develop a long-term strategy for business growth after the UK's decision to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	51469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>We are creating a business environment that supports growth and encourages long-term investment; as well as a dynamic economy with open and competitive markets. This has included backing business by cutting corporation tax to 17% by 2020, slashing red tape by a further £10 billion and major investments in the UK’s research infrastructure.</p><p>We are also in the process of developing an Industrial Strategy that will embrace the opportunities of our new global role and upgrade our economy so it works for everyone. We will work with the breadth of British industry, local leaders, innovators, employees and consumers to deliver a successful strategy and create the conditions for future success.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2016 11:16:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

625865

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of financial services firms registered with the Financial Conduct Authority which have been identified by the US Department of Homeland Security as being elements of transnational criminal organisations.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	51159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who are operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 03/11/2016 08:53:20 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

625867

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy is on oversight of globally operating electronic payment systems using virtual UK places of business.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	51161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>There is a robust regulatory regime in place that ensures that appropriate payment systems have regulatory oversight from a financial stability and a competition perspective.</p><p> </p><p>The Banking Act 2009 gives the Treasury the power to specify any inter-bank payment systems to be within the scope of oversight of the Bank of England where disruption to these systems could threaten the stability of the UK financial system, or have serious consequences for business or other interests in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to further strengthen the framework for regulatory oversight through an amendment made to the Digital Economy Bill. This will broaden the types of payment systems that HM Treasury can designate for supervision by the Bank of England to include non-bank payment systems, such as a digital currency network. This will ensure that the Treasury and the Bank of England can respond in a prompt and appropriate manner should a non-bank payment system grow rapidly and become systemically important. There are no such systems at present that the Treasury would wish to specify for supervision.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, in April 2015 a new Payment Systems Regulator was launched as the economic regulator for the UK’s payment systems industry, with the objectives of promoting competition, innovation and the interest of end users in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 03/11/2016 08:55:07 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

625882

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Sports: Children
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 her Department is taking to improve sports provision in local communities for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	51061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of sport and physical activity to disabled people. Our sport strategy, 'Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation', published in December 2015, emphasises the importance of getting people active, particularly those groups currently under-represented, including disabled people. We also broadened Sport England's remit to be responsible for children's sport outside school from the age of five, to help people receive the best possible experience of sport and to build physical literacy and a positive attitude to sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England published its own strategy, Towards an Active Nation on 19 May, which sets out how it intends to deliver against the government’s sport strategy. This includes a specific focus on disabled people, who are less likely to regularly take part in physical activity. It will invest more on children, including disabled children, from the age of five to help them develop a sporting habit for life.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 Sport England has invested £480,452 of National Lottery funding in Sunderland Central</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/11/2016 11:09:20 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

625908

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Intelligence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff within Defence Intelligence are (a) men, (b) women and (c) from black and minority ethnic groups.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	50996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Defence Intelligence civilian workforce has some 1,425 people, comprising 915 men (64%) and 510 women (36%).</p><p>Recording ethnicity across the Department is voluntary and within Defence Intelligence about 255 (some 18%) of civilian staff chose not to declare if they were from a BAME background. Those who declared as BAME number some 60, or about 5%. This compares favourably to the wider MOD figure of some 4%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/11/2016 16:36:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

625947

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has paid from the public purse in compensation to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis since 1998.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	51165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Net government compensation paid to farmers for animals culled in efforts to control bovine tuberculosis in England since 1998 is as follows. Net figures take account of any carcass salvage income received by government:</p><ul><li>1998/1999 - £0.2m</li><li>1999/2000 - £4.3m</li><li>2000/2001 - £5.2m</li><li>2001/2002 - £5.9m</li><li>2002/2003 - £23.2m</li><li>2003/2004 - £25.1m</li><li>2004/2005 - £25.2m</li><li>2005/2006 - £30.9m</li><li>2006/2007 - £13.2m</li><li>2007/2008 - £16.1m</li><li>2008/2009 - £28.4m</li><li>2009/2010 - £28.1m</li><li>2010/2011 – £24.3m</li><li>2011/2012 – £23.5m</li><li>2012/2013 – £23.9m</li><li>2013/2014 – £22.6m</li><li>2014/2015 – £20.9m</li><li>2015/2016 – £20.9m</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2016 11:25:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

625948

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Gamekeepers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many gamekeepers there were in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	51070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on employment figures for gamekeepers. There is no requirement for gamekeepers or employers of gamekeepers to report this information to Defra.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2016 14:38:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

625949

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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	Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of grouse-shooting to the UK economy was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	51071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Information on the value of grouse shooting to the UK economy is not held by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>According to an industry report (Public &amp; Corporate Economic Consultants report 2014: The Value of Shooting, found at <a href="http://www.shootingfacts.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.shootingfacts.co.uk</a>) shooting as a whole is estimated to be worth about £2 billion a year to the economy, supporting more than 70,000 full-time equivalent jobs. It is also involved in the management of about two-thirds of the UK’s rural landscape and the report cites £250 million is spent on management activities every year, with substantial benefits for conservation. The Moorland Association estimates that the grouse shooting industry supports 1,520 full-time jobs.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/11/2016 14:43:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

625986

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to clinical commissioning groups on the issuing of prescriptions for people diagnosed with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	51227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>General practitioners can provide any product they consider necessary for the treatment of their patients, unless that product appears on a list of specific exclusions published under the General Medical Services Contracts regulations. Prescribing decisions need to be made in discussion with the patient concerned and prescribers need to be able to justify their actions if challenged.</p><p> </p><p>A range of gluten-free staple foods are available on prescription to patients with established gluten sensitive enteropathies, which include coeliac disease.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 03/11/2016 12:10:35 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

625999

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the equality impact assessment on the proposed reduction to staff levels in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	51221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking an Equality Impact Assessment of the DH 2020 change programme in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty. This will be published internally in 2017 when the outcomes of the current selection process are known.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 03/11/2016 12:11:19 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins