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758949

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what services the Law Officers' Departments has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The CPS has met the Behavioural Insights Team as part of a project to encourage higher rates of defendant engagement with the CJS but have made no payment to the team.</p><p>Otherwise, the Law Officers’ Departments have not received services from the Behavioural Insights Team.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/09/2017 15:39:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758950

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of his Department's employees who have been employed other than in his Department's payroll in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of non-payroll employees (staff loaned or seconded in who remain on their parent organisation payroll) in my Department in each year since 2010-11 is shown in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Audited information about the numbers of contractors working in the Department is published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts. These are available on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Department seeks to make the best use of staff and resources to deliver the Government’s objectives in a way that represents value for money for the taxpayer. This includes interchange with other Government Departments and other sectors, and an appropriate mix of employment contract types that meet the needs of the business.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/09/2017 14:24:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

758951

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's economic crime review.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening the UK's response to bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud and other forms of economic crime. The Government is continuing to review options to improve the effectiveness of the UK's response to economic crime, and any measures resulting from this work will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/09/2017 16:09:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758952

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>BIT was made into a social purpose company in 2014 and is part owned by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>BIT’s Articles of Association restricts the type of work that the organisation can undertake to that which promotes the public good. The Articles of Association can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792" target="_blank">https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08567792</a></p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a representative Board member on BIT’s Board, which meets regularly (on average once per month) and is provided with detailed information on BIT’s clients via the monthly Board pack.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service Behavioural Insights Consulting and Research Framework Agreement contains a conflicts of interest provision. This can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3742</a></p><p> </p><p>We are not in a position to provide information about staff or organisational decisions of Behavioural Insights Team Limited, due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 9181 9193 9199 9200 9201 9202 9204 question first answered 14/09/2017 13:22:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758954

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Domicil
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 tax paid by non-doms in the UK in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	9661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>A total of around £9.3 billion was paid in income tax, capital gains tax and national insurance contributions by non-domiciled taxpayers in the tax year 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>This information and further details on non-domiciled taxpayers can be found in Table 1 of ‘Statistics on Non-domiciled Taxpayers in the UK,’ on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/640900/Statistic_tables_on_non-domiciled_UK_taxpayers.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/640900/Statistic_tables_on_non-domiciled_UK_taxpayers.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Information on tax paid by non-domiciled taxpayers is collected through the self-assessment tax form. Data for 2016-17 is currently unavailable because the filing deadline of 31/01/2018 for 2016-17 self-assessment returns has not yet passed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/09/2017 16:28:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

758955

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual growth rate results from (a) 0.2 per cent growth in Q1, (b) 0.6 per cent in Q2, (c) 0.6 per cent in Q3 and (d) 0.7 per cent in Q4.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	9662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Annual growth rates are calculated from the annual average level of a variable.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Office for National Statistics publish the official estimates of UK GDP growth. The latest information can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyp/pn2" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/timeseries/ihyp/pn2</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/09/2017 15:10:18 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

758956

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff in his Department are (a) female, (b) BAME and (c) part time; and what proportion of the staff in his Department who received an annual performance award were in each of those categories in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	9664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of staff in his Department which are (a) female, (b) BAME and (c) part time can be found in the link below:-</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatisticsdatasummarytool" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatisticsdatasummarytool</a></p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the staff in his Department who received an annual performance award in each of those categories above for the last three years can be found in the table below:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Box 1 Performance Award as percentage each diverse group in scope (Award is limited to 25% of staff)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>Part-time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Please note:- SCS are not included in the above table as they appraised by a separate Performance Management system set by the Cabinet Office. Also box mark 1 is only available to the top 25% of staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/09/2017 13:54:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

758957

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6054, on financial services, if he will make an assessment of the level of lending through (a) banks and (b) peer-to-peer providers to small and medium-sized businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank published an assessment of the level of lending through banks and peer-to-peer providers to small and medium-sized businesses in its report on Small Business Finance Markets in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at <a href="http://british-business-bank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BBB-SBFM-REPORT-2016-17-web.pdf" target="_blank">http://british-business-bank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BBB-SBFM-REPORT-2016-17-web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government also monitors the Bank of England’s Money and Credit statistical releases and other statistical publications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/09/2017 15:06:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758958

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Crowdfunding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6055, on crowdfunding, how much of the £120 million channelled by the British Business Bank to UK businesses through peer-to-peer platforms has been allocated to businesses which employ fewer than (a) 50 and (b) 10 people.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not currently collect data on 'employee number' from delivery partners who provide peer-to-peer lending. We are unable to obtain robust data because it is not included in the mandatory information required by some peer-to-peer delivery partners when lending through their platforms.</p><p> </p><p>However, by their very nature, the vast majority of lending will be to organisations that have less than 50 employees.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/09/2017 15:05:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758959

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Crowdfunding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6053, on crowdfunding, what estimate he has made of the volume of peer-to-peer lending which would provide competition to the marketplace.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector already provides competition to the lending marketplace, and welcomes the strong growth of the industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has supported the sector through implementing a proportionate, principles based regime for P2P lending that balances the need for consumer protection with allowing the sector to grow and evolve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/09/2017 15:07:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson