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786163

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date	07/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time for valuations appeals was in each of the valuation offices marked for closure by 2023 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	111905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. The Valuation Office Agency does not monitor the average length of time for valuations appeals at each valuation office location.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 15:39:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786165

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Appleby since the release of the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	111908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a>.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:31:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

786167

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of the scale of tax avoidance in the (a) overseas territories and (b) Crown Dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	111910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) only estimates tax lost to avoidance within the United Kingdom. HMRC does not estimate tax losses outside its jurisdiction.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 15:57:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

786171

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110432, on tax evasion, how many staff were employed in the (a) High Net Worth Unit and (b) Affluent Unit in the month proceeding the merger.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	112013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017, the teams had approximately 1040 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity, of which roughly 522 were employed in the High Net Worth Unit and 518 in the Affluent Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Their roles focus on promoting tax compliance and tackling non-compliance amongst the wealthy population, including, where evidence is found, investigating potential tax evasion. The team works closely with Counter Avoidance and the Fraud Investigation Service to ensure HMRC effectively tackle avoidance and evasion within this customer segment. Customer compliance activity as a whole forms the largest part of HMRC by staff numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/11/2017 16:27:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

786174

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2017 to Question 109732, for what reasons there is a disparity between reference to discussions occurring with recognised trade unions throughout the year in the text of that Answer and the lack of recorded meetings in the documents provided in links to that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	111999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The discussions referred to in the original response which take place throughout the year are conducted by departmental officials. The significant majority of these meetings are with trade union representatives who are employees of the Department and who act as workplace trade union representatives under the relevant provisions of employment law and civil service and departmental policies. Some of these meetings will involve national trade union officials. All such meetings will relate to internal departmental employee relations matters, as set out in our employee relations framework.</p><p>If Ministers were to meet trade union representatives or officials then the relevant provisions for recording such meetings would be followed.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/11/2017 17:11:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

786175

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of directly employed staff of (a) his Department, (b) its executive agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies are paid at least the real living wage.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	112000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Information for DCLG, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies as of 31 October 2017.</p><p>A hundred per cent of staff directly employed by my department earn at least the real living wage. Information on the Department's executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies may be found below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation Name</p></td><td><p>Organisation Type</p></td><td><p>% of Directly employed staff earning at least the real living wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Department</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre</p></td><td><p>Executive Agency</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>Executive Agency</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing Ombudsman Service</p></td><td><p>Executive Non-Departmental Public Body</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leasehold Advisory Service</p></td><td><p>Executive Non-Departmental Public Body</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Valuation Tribunal Service</p></td><td><p>Executive Non-Departmental Public Body</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ebbsfleet Development Corporation</p></td><td><p>Executive Non-Departmental Public Body</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes and Communities Agency</p></td><td><p>Executive Non-Departmental Public Body</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 10 directly employed staff earning less than the real living wage are either apprentices, earning at least government approved apprentice wage or Administrative Officers that were recently transferred in to the organisation from the private sector on TUPE terms and conditions.</p><p>The Planning Inspectorate have seven directly employed staff earning less than the real living wage, all of whom are due to receive their contractually entitled pay award for 2017/18 backdated from 1 August 2017. Once this award has been approved and processed, 100 per cent of Planning Inspectorate employees will be paid at least the real living wage.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/11/2017 17:13:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

786182

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of square miles of territory freed from Daesh control as a result of military activity by ground forces supported by International Coalition airstrikes in (a) Iraq and (b) Syria.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	111929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Global Coalition estimates that Daesh has now lost 90% of the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/11/2017 15:54:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

786183

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people freed from Daesh control as a result of military activity by ground forces supported by International Coalition airstrikes in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	111931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Global Coalition estimates that over six million people have now been freed from Daesh across both Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/11/2017 15:45:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

786185

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Menwith Hill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill; and how many of those people are (a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, (b) US contractors, (c) US civilians, (d) NSA, (e) NRO, personnel, (f) US CIA, (g) British military, (h) RAF personnel, including the RAF Liaison Officer, (i) his Department's personnel, (j) GCHQ personnel, (k) British contractors and (l) British civilians.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	112002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of personnel based at RAF Menwith Hill are given below, and are current as of 8 November 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>US Military</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US Contractors</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>US Civilians</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Military</p></td><td><p>7 (5 RN; 2 RAF)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Contractors</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Civilians</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of GCHQ employees is included in the overall figure for UK civilians as it is Government practice not to disclose the number of personnel working in intelligence at specific locations.</p><p> </p><p>The US authorities do not release a detailed breakdown of US civilian personnel; therefore the overall total of US civilians has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/11/2017 15:48:57 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

786186

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Fairford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of development and upgrading of USAF Fairford will be; and who will bear that cost.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	112003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is aware of the United States Air Force plans to relocate the RC-135 Rivet Joint Mission from RAF Mildenhall to RAF Fairford by 2023. The estimated cost of the relocation and associated infrastructure works that will be required at the base is $43 million, and these costs will fall to the United States.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/11/2017 15:49:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel