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712868

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers' Departments took longer than 30 working days to respond to a freedom of information request in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my Answer of 20 March to PQ 68035.</p><p> </p><p>FoI statistics do not refer to requests responded to within 30 days as the statutory deadline is 20 days.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/03/2017 15:44:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712869

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department took longer than 30 working days to respond to a freedom of information request in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my Answer of 21 March 2017 to PQ68036.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 68672 question first answered 27/03/2017 09:06:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712870

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Death: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in the Pendle area were (a) alcohol and (b) drug-related in each of the last five years; and how many of those deaths were of people aged (i) under 18, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 40 and (iv) over 40 years old.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	68642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/03/2017 12:31:52 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ68642 V.02 (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ68642
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

712871

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the budget the Government has for advertising in newspapers for each government department in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	68736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold information regarding government departments’ budgets for newspaper advertising in the 2017/18 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental marketing communications teams, working with their media planning and buying agencies, take decisions about which kinds of media and specific channels will be used within their communications campaigns to best reach their target audiences, once their campaign strategies have been defined.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:40:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 42261 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

712872

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Evening Standard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on advertising in the Evening Standard newspaper in the last financial year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	68738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>In the full 2015/16 financial year, government spending on advertising in the Evening Standard newspaper totalled £297,037 (spending on print advertising and digital advertising where it was bought directly). This equated to approximately 0.22% of all media buying for government advertising in that financial year.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware of the comments that the Hon. Member has made in the media on the appointment of the new editor of the <em>Evening Standard</em>. I would note that any spending on advertising is in line with the Government Communication Service’s Propriety Guidance. In addition, departmental Accounting Officers have a particular responsibility for the propriety of using public resources for advertising, as well as for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of their use. The resources employed should be proportional to the objectives or policy of the programme involved and justifiable on value-for-money grounds. I believe this provides an appropriate system of checks to avoid any conflict of interest and ensure taxpayers’ money is properly spent.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:33:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 42262 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

712873

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget his Department has for advertising in newspapers in the (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	68737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/03/2017 14:06:16 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

712874

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has allocated for marriage allowance in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	68718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. The total cost of this allowance is forecast to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about either how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance, or how many are in receipt of it.</p><p> </p><p>The income decile profile of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance is set out below for the latest year available (2014-15):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0-10%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>10-20%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>20-30%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>30-40%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-60%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>60-70%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>70-80%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80-90%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90-100%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are based upon the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 68711 68712 68713 question first answered 29/03/2017 13:38:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

712875

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on marriage allowance in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	68711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. The total cost of this allowance is forecast to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about either how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance, or how many are in receipt of it.</p><p> </p><p>The income decile profile of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance is set out below for the latest year available (2014-15):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0-10%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>10-20%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>20-30%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>30-40%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-60%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>60-70%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>70-80%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80-90%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90-100%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are based upon the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 68712 68713 68718 question first answered 29/03/2017 13:38:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

712876

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income decile profile is of claimants of (a) marriage allowance and (b) married couple's allowance.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	68712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. The total cost of this allowance is forecast to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about either how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance, or how many are in receipt of it.</p><p> </p><p>The income decile profile of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance is set out below for the latest year available (2014-15):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0-10%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>10-20%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>20-30%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>30-40%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-60%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>60-70%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>70-80%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80-90%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90-100%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are based upon the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 68711 68713 68718 question first answered 29/03/2017 13:38:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

712877

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in receipt of universal credit (a) are eligible for and (b) claim the marriage allowance.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	68713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system. Around 1.8m people have claimed the allowance to date.</p><p> </p><p>Our current best estimate assessment of the initial cost of this allowance is £140m in 2015-16, but this does not include the impact of any expected future claims, which can be backdated to this year. The total cost of this allowance is forecast to rise to £385m in 2015-16 once these claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the initial cost of this allowance for 2016-17 will not be available until the end of the tax year. We forecast an eventual cost to the exchequer of £425m, once all backdated claims are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information relating to the income deciles of claimants or successful applicants of the Marriage Allowance. Previous analysis of the total eligible population has shown the majority of the benefits of this policy go to the bottom half of the income distribution. Only basic rate taxpayers and non-taxpayers will benefit.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold information about either how many individuals claiming Universal Credit are eligible for the Marriage Allowance, or how many are in receipt of it.</p><p> </p><p>The income decile profile of claimants of Married Couple's Allowance is set out below for the latest year available (2014-15):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Percentile Groups (ranged on total income before tax)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0-10%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>10-20%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>20-30%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>30-40%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40-50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50-60%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>60-70%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>70-80%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80-90%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90-100%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are based upon the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 68711 68712 68718 question first answered 29/03/2017 13:38:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena