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457706

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of his Department's 2015-16 budget is allocated to (a) creating and (b) accessing new markets for trade and growth.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	29858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Increasing trade and growth through exports, to all overseas markets, is a key factor in the Government’s long-term economic plan. Government departments are working together to support UK businesses looking to take advantage of overseas opportunities and to create a strong business environment that allows them to flourish both at home and overseas. A key part of this work is to identify export opportunities, many of which are based around the needs of new high-growth and emerging markets.</p><p> </p><p>UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) is at the heart of this work and the budget allocation for this activity will be set out in the UKTI Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/03/2016 17:47:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

457707

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
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	Home Care Services: Minimum Wage
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 2 March 2016 to Question 28163, and with reference to the Answer of 10 June 2013 to Question 158962, whether his Department has stopped collecting data on National Minimum Wage complaints in the care sector broken down by domiciliary and residential care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	29835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of NMW enquiries made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) and Acas Helpline for the ‘domiciliary care’ and ‘residential care’ sectors has not been collected at that level of disaggregation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/03/2016 16:51:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

457710

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on advertisements using Facebook in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	29838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office did not spend anything in 2013/14 on Facebook advertising. In 2014/15 there was a total of £17,511.16 spent by Cabinet Office on Facebook advertising. Fully auditable figures are not available for the 2015/16. All figures include VAT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2016 14:07:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

457711

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve (a) productivity across the Civil Service and (b) efficient use of office space.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	29859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Improving the efficiency and productivity of the public sector is central to the work of the Cabinet Office. By 2014/15 the Government had saved £18.6 billion through efficiency and reform, and tackling fraud, error and uncollected debt (against a 2009/10 baseline).</p><p>The Government Hubs programme will reduce the government office estate from around 800 buildings to around 200 by 2023 and generate savings of over £2bn over ten years.</p><p>This is being supported by a smart working revolution to transform how and where civil servants work. In line with what many private sector organisations have achieved, we expect this to increase productivity, reduce costs, improve wellbeing, and contribute to wider objectives such as localism, sustainability, and reducing pressure on the transport system.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/03/2016 15:29:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

457712

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Google
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on advertisements with Google in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	29874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office spent £107,896.25 on Google advertising in 2013/14. Cabinet Office did not spend anything on Google advertising in 2014/15. Fully auditable figures are not yet available for 2015/16. All figures include VAT.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2016 14:07:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

457715

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to answer the letter dated 12 January 2016 from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S. Lyons, transferred by the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	29852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>HMRC officials are looking into this case and the Right hon. Member will receive a reply in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/03/2016 12:30:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

457717

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tax credit claimants with a disability in Easington constituency who will be affected by the reduction of the income rise disregard for tax credits to £2,500.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	29789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held and statistically reliable projections at constituency level could only be provided at disproportionate cost. From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29790 29791 question first answered 11/03/2016 12:33:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

457718

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women in Easington constituency who will be affected by the reduction of the income rise disregard for tax credits to £2,500.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	29790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held and statistically reliable projections at constituency level could only be provided at disproportionate cost. From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29789 29791 question first answered 11/03/2016 12:33:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

457719

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Easington constituency who will be affected by the reduction of the income rise disregard for tax credits to £2,500.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	29791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held and statistically reliable projections at constituency level could only be provided at disproportionate cost. From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29789 29790 question first answered 11/03/2016 12:33:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

457721

registered interest
date	04/03/2016
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed changes to the Landfill Communities Fund on the restoration and repair of listed church properties and church buildings.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	29810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Church of England has engaged with the recent consultation from the Treasury over the future of the Landfill Communities Fund. Local churches are able to apply to the fund to support restoration, extension and repair projects.</p><p>Local parishes have benefitted from this generosity since its creation in 1996. Over its lifetime the scheme has enabled churches across the country to benefit from an approximate £75 million worth of repairs. As part of its submission the Church of England asked the Treasury to consider reducing the administrative burdens on applicants to the fund.</p><p>The Church has since received assurances that the scheme will continue and we await with interest further detailed announcements from the Treasury regarding the operation of the fund.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 10/03/2016 16:45:34 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin