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451691

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what planning his Department has undertaken in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	26617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/02/2016 16:39:34 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

451692

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what planning his Department has undertaken for the possibility of the UK voting to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	26618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>On 19 February, the Prime Minister set out the Government’s position on Europe.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/02/2016 12:22:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

450182

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the level of potential exposure to risk transferred to the public purse due to the introduction of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury publishes annually an assessment of risk from the Government’s financial interventions, including the risk borne by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) due to these interventions. This was most recently disclosed in the Treasury Group 2014/15 Annual Accounts published in July last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/02/2016 16:27:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

450183

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department had with the International Accounting Standards Board on the effect of conversion to IFRS accounting standards for financial services companies on leverage ratios for those companies.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>In the UK, listed companies have been required to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) since 2005. Banks who are not required to use IFRS are able to choose between using IFRS or using UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has not had any discussions with the International Accounting Standards Board around the effect of companies being required to convert to IFRS, though continues to engage with that body and all others involved in setting standards for the financial services sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/02/2016 16:29:03 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

450333

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to extend the classification criteria of brownfield sites for housebuilding.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Brownfield land is defined as previously developed land in the National Planning Policy Framework. We are consulting on whether it would be beneficial to strengthen national policy on the development of brownfield land for housing. The consultation closes on 22 February.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2016 13:22:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

449765

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings in London are part of his Department's sukuk bond scheme.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>In the Sukuk structure, rental payments provide the income for investors. When the Sovereign Sukuk were issued in July 2014 the profit rate was set at 2.036% in line with the yield on gilts of similar maturity, making the investor return on the Sukuk broadly equivalent to that on conventional gilts of similar maturity.</p><p> </p><p>Three central government properties form the underlying assets which underpin the Sukuk.</p><p> </p><p>The Government was clear at the time of issuance that the Sukuk issuance was not for debt financing purposes. Instead, it was issued to deliver on the government’s commitment to become the western hub for Islamic finance. The issuance showed that the UK is open for business with all parts of the world and provided high quality capital to UK-based Islamic banks.</p><p> </p><p>UK based institutions that offer Islamic finance services are contributing to jobs and growth with assets totalling $4.5bn at the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 25403 25555 question first answered 12/02/2016 13:55:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

449766

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the rental income generated for investors in his Department's sukuk bond scheme is equivalent to that of the coupon paid from a June 2014 Government five-year gilt.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>In the Sukuk structure, rental payments provide the income for investors. When the Sovereign Sukuk were issued in July 2014 the profit rate was set at 2.036% in line with the yield on gilts of similar maturity, making the investor return on the Sukuk broadly equivalent to that on conventional gilts of similar maturity.</p><p> </p><p>Three central government properties form the underlying assets which underpin the Sukuk.</p><p> </p><p>The Government was clear at the time of issuance that the Sukuk issuance was not for debt financing purposes. Instead, it was issued to deliver on the government’s commitment to become the western hub for Islamic finance. The issuance showed that the UK is open for business with all parts of the world and provided high quality capital to UK-based Islamic banks.</p><p> </p><p>UK based institutions that offer Islamic finance services are contributing to jobs and growth with assets totalling $4.5bn at the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 25405 25555 question first answered 12/02/2016 13:55:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

449768

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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	Community Land Trusts: 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 proportion of brownfield land sites in the Essex County Council area have been re-designated as community land trusts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information centrally on the amount or type of land held by Community Land Trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 13:13:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

449781

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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	Broadband: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in Essex that will have access to superfast broadband by completion of phase two of the superfast broadband programme.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text By the end of phase two of the Superfast Broadband Programme approximately 93% of homes and businesses in Essex will have access to superfast broadband. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/02/2016 13:28:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

449932

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the merits of other potential methods of debt insurance before authorising use of government buildings in London as security for the sukuk bonds.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	25555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>In the Sukuk structure, rental payments provide the income for investors. When the Sovereign Sukuk were issued in July 2014 the profit rate was set at 2.036% in line with the yield on gilts of similar maturity, making the investor return on the Sukuk broadly equivalent to that on conventional gilts of similar maturity.</p><p> </p><p>Three central government properties form the underlying assets which underpin the Sukuk.</p><p> </p><p>The Government was clear at the time of issuance that the Sukuk issuance was not for debt financing purposes. Instead, it was issued to deliver on the government’s commitment to become the western hub for Islamic finance. The issuance showed that the UK is open for business with all parts of the world and provided high quality capital to UK-based Islamic banks.</p><p> </p><p>UK based institutions that offer Islamic finance services are contributing to jobs and growth with assets totalling $4.5bn at the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 25403 25405 question first answered 12/02/2016 13:55:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell