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63827

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the percentage rate of convictions in rape cases between 2012-13 and 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	202401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. A range of issues have been identified that may have contributed to the drop in conviction rates. The joint Crown Prosecution Service / police Rape Action Plan published on 6 June 2014 aims to address these.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 30/06/2014 13:31:30 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

63830

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships there were in London on 31 May (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	202354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on Apprenticeship starts and participation by Region are published in Supplementary Tables to a Statistical First Release:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296370/Nov2013_Apprenticeships_Region_Participation.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296370/Nov2013_Apprenticeships_Region_Participation.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are presented by academic year. Final data for the full 2013/14 academic year will be published in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 15:39:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

63831

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Construction: Training
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 he is taking to improve skill levels in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	202372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council, the house building industry is developing an action plan to address three immediate priorities: improving the image of house building; attracting back experienced workers who left during the recession; and attracting other workers with relevant skills.</p><p>More widely, the Government is making a number of reforms to the skills system to improve skills supply; putting employers in the driving seat and making providers more responsive to their needs.</p><p>The Government is also currently undertaking a triennial review of the way the Construction Industry Training Board operates and challenging it on the service it delivers to the sector.</p><p>In addition, the Government believes that a more robust and more visible government construction procurement pipeline is key to improving investment decisions in construction. We are working to enhance the pipeline to give construction businesses the confidence to upskill staff, to recruit, and to commit to apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:08:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

63832

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
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 request that the Office of Fair Trading investigates the level of competition in the car insurance industry.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	202297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The competition powers of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) passed to the new Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 1 April 2014. Like the OFT, the CMA is an independent authority, and therefore has complete discretion to investigate those cases, which, according to its prioritisation principles, it considers most appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the case of the private motor insurance industry, the CMA is already conducting a market investigation, and on 12 June set out for consultation its proposed changes to the market. These include a cap on the charges to the insurer of an at-fault driver in an accident for the cost of providing a replacement vehicle to the non-fault driver; better information for consumers; and a ban on price parity agreements between price comparison websites and insurers. Further details are available via this link to the CMA press release:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-sets-out-changes-for-private-motor-insurance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-sets-out-changes-for-private-motor-insurance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 15:20:43 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

63833

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	British Irish Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings of the British-Irish Council he has taken part.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not held any meetings with the British-Irish Council within the last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 16:28:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63836

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what audit he has made of (a) ICL mainframes, (b) IBM mainframes and (c) other legacy ICT systems in Government departments and the availability of skills needed to maintain them; and when each relevant maintenance contract falls due.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Government Digital Service (GDS) has worked to identify legacy IT equipment, which includes a small number of important legacy IBM and ICL mainframes. To ensure these are effectively managed Government is creating a Crown Hosting Service, which is due to go live next year.</p><p>In many cases departments are locked into contracts signed over 10 years ago, by the previous administration, which means they are dependent on suppliers to manage these systems.</p><p>GDS is supporting departments to bring in new skilled officials to address a long-standing lack of digital skills.</p><p> </p><p>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 30/06/2014 16:30:41 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

63839

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff working (a) at No. 10 Downing Street and (b) for the Prime Minister (i) have been allowed to attend National Security Council meetings and (ii) had access to Top Secret meetings or documents without being required to have had a security vetting, since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	202411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Attendance at internal meetings is not normally disclosed.</p><p>It has been the policy of successive governments not to comment about staff subject to national security vetting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 202412 question first answered 01/07/2014 15:55:32 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

63840

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) total value of public service contracts that have been awarded to voluntary sector organisations in each year since 2008-09 and (b) proportion of overall public expenditure which was spent on public service contracts with voluntary sector organisations in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	202407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2011 Government departments have published information on the contracts they award on Contracts Finder: <a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Central government departments publish their expenditure with Voluntary and Community Sector organisations as part of their Quarterly Data Summaries (QDS): <a href="http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/oscar/" target="_blank">http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/oscar/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 30/06/2014 16:29:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

63841

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made about HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	202416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs (excluding the VOA) for each of the years 2009/10 – 2013/14. The figure for 2013/14 will be included in the HMRC Annual Report that is due to be published on the 3 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of complaints</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>71,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>76,721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>74,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>67,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>64,729</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/07/2014 15:02:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

63843

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of families currently paying for childcare that will be eligible for the proposed tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/06/2014 13:48:29 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell