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registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Politically Exposed Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate his Department has made of the number of its senior civil servants who will potentially fall under the provisions of the Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849; and what assessment he has made of which of his Department's agencies or other public bodies will potentially be classed as holding a prominent public function for the purposes of that directive.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	31824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Under the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which will be transposed into national law by June 2017, a politically exposed person is one who has been entrusted with a prominent public function domestically or by a foreign country. This would include some senior civil servants, such as ambassadors and chargés d'affaires. The Government's view is that the Directive permits a risk-based approach to the identification of whether an individual is a politically exposed person and, when identified, the Directive enables the application of different degrees of enhanced measures to reflect the risks posed. The Government will be setting out this view in a consultation which will be published shortly.</p><p>The changes proposed under the Directive should not prevent any individual in this category from gaining or maintaining access to financial services. The Treasury regularly raises these issues with financial institutions and the regulator, and encourages financial institutions to take a proportionate, risk-based approach when applying these measures.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/03/2016 11:29:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

482982

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Whisky: Scotland
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 assessment she has made of the number of jobs supported by the Scotch whisky industry.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	31798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Scotch whisky industry estimates that 10,800 people are directly employed in the industry in Scotland and the sector supports more than 40,000 jobs in total across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/03/2016 15:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

482983

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Principle G of the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles 2016, what steps he took to (a) consider how the summer holiday period would affect consultation with stakeholders and (b) mitigate such effects when deciding on the consultation period on proposals relating to exit payments in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The consultation on a public sector exit payment cap ran from 31 July to 27 August 2015. These dates ensured that the consultation concluded in advance of the Enterprise Bill’s introduction on 16 September 2015, to inform the content of the ‘public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments’ clause.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this policy was a clear manifesto commitment made in April 2015 and the intention to legislate was announced in May. The Government also considered responses received after the official consultation deadline.</p><p>The consultation received over 4000 responses, which is a good indication that there was sufficient time to comment and demonstrates that stakeholders were able to effectively engage with the proposals. The measure has also undergone full Parliamentary scrutiny during the passage of the Enterprise Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/03/2016 12:35:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482984

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department owed in late payments to small and medium-sized enterprises in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>When making payments, the core Department does not differentiate between small, medium and large enterprises as many small and medium sized businesses can be found at various tiers of the procurement chain.</p><p>The Department takes prompt payment very seriously and records show that in the current financial year to the end of February 2016, 96.4% of all valid invoices (by volume) were paid within 5 working days. When looking at the overall value, this equates to 99.8% paid within 5 working days and 99.99% of invoices were paid within the 30 day standard contractual terms.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/03/2016 09:57:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482985

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much central government infrastructure investment was in each region of the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Historic data for regional infrastructure investment by government is not currently available. However historical capital expenditure figures including government’s infrastructure investment can be obtained from the following link :</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509735/NIDP_2016-2021_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509735/NIDP_2016-2021_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/03/2016 10:48:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482986

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Minimum Wage: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the claims relating to national minimum wage have fallen under section 2 of the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 since their entry into force.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	31879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of National Minimum Wage claims falling under section 2 of the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 since they came into force.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations introduced a two year limit on claims for unlawful deductions made to an Employment Tribunal, including claims for the National Minimum Wage. Alternative options remain for workers who are concerned that they have been underpaid the National Minimum Wage over a longer time period. This includes making a complaint to HMRC, who can investigate and issue a Notice of Underpayment on the worker’s behalf, going back up to six years. Claims can also be brought to the county court for breach of contract, where arrears can be claimed going back six years (five years in Scotland).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/03/2016 16:48:48 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

482987

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Voluntary Work: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government plans to implement its policy of providing three days' paid volunteering leave for employees of large organisations.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
uin	31840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government will be setting out plans for taking this policy forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 15:09:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

482988

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30689, when his Department plans to publish the declaration of actual or potential conflicts of interest made by Paul Newby for the role of Pubs Code Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	31888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The appointment panel satisfied itself there were no conflicts of interest when they made recommendations to ministers in relation to the appointment of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not intend to publish any information provided by candidates during this appointment process.</p><p> </p><p>In due course and as is usual practice, the Adjudicator’s office will publish a register of interests.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 14:23:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 53574 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

482989

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30698, whether the person appointed as Pubs Code Adjudicator was the recommended choice of the panel.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	31892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In line with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments’ Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies, at the end of the process the Minister is given a choice of candidates assessed by the interview panel as appointable. Mr Newby was assessed as appointable by the panel,</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:38:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

482990

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on allowing interns who successfully complete the Summer Diversity Internship Programme to pass straight to the Fast Stream assessment centre on the basis of having successfully completed that internship.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	31803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>We have been working closely with the Civil Service Commission to provide a mechanism for fast tracking those who have been on the internship to the Fast Stream assessment centre, based on positive appraisal of the intern’s placement performance and completion of the initial internship selection testing.</p><p>This initiative is therefore for interns who are successful during the internship programme and we are currently working through the implementation plan.</p><p>In the last 5 years 778 have undertaken the programme (2011 – 73; 2012 – 115; 2013 – 161; 2014 – 173; 2015 – 256), with a further 300 anticipated this year. The estimated conversion rate into Fast Stream is 10-15%. Accurate tracking of success into Fast Stream will be achievable for 2016, using an updated applicant tracking approach.</p><p>A number of criteria are used to measure socio-economic status, however the metric that is now used to designate lower socio-economic background is parental occupation (aligning with Office of National Statistics methodology). This approach is currently under review following a recent social mobility research study by the Bridge Group.</p><p>This internship allowance is taxable and the amount of tax paid will depend on which tax code the intern is put on before they start.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 31804 31809 31813 question first answered 24/03/2016 16:43:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh