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93103

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date	14/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Venture Capital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to promote investment in venture capital trusts.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	210570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The venture capital trust (VCT) regime was significantly expanded at Budget 2012. VCTs can now invest up to £5 million a year into each qualifying company, and larger companies (with up to 250 employees and £15 million of gross assets) can benefit from the investments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government believes that the VCT regime, alongside the other tax-advantaged venture capital schemes, plays a key role in facilitating access to finance for smaller businesses with growth potential. At Budget 2014 the government announced that changes would be made to enable investors to subscribe for VCT shares via nominees, to facilitate a wider range of opportunities to invest in VCTs. The government has also recently consulted on the impact of the recent expansions to the venture capital schemes and is committed to ensuring that the schemes continue to work effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 15:54:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

93114

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many communities have produced neighbourhood development plans.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	210406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>As of 17 October 2014 the Department is aware of over 1,200 communities having started the process of neighbourhood planning. Of these, 138 communities have reached the stage of producing a draft Neighbourhood Plan for pre-submission consultation, of which 87 have submitted their plan to the local planning authority for examination, 30 have passed referendum and 25 have been brought into force (made).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/10/2014 15:55:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

93118

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the provision of broadband in new homes.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>DCLG and DCMS are working with home builders and communications infrastructure providers to develop an action plan to ensure that new developments have access to superfast broadband. That action plan will be made publicly available shortly.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/10/2014 15:53:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93195

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions to ensure that British companies working in Colombia are not involved in land-grab from peasant land-owners.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) visited Colombia in February this year and discussed business and human rights in his meetings with President Santos, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Trade and with civil society. We have a strong partnership with the government of Colombia on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in the context of the November 2011 Joint Declaration on Human Rights. I had a substantive discussion with the Deputy Foreign Minister regarding these matters during my visit to Bogota in June.</p><p> </p><p>The Ambassador and Embassy team regularly meet representatives of Civil Society to hear their concerns about human rights in Colombia, including business behaviour. If British firms are involved we raise issues with them as appropriate. The team in Bogota also meets with British companies and encourages adherence to best practice and global standards in their operations.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/10/2014 15:50:18 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

92882

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences Prevention Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offence prevention orders have been implemented in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	210146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the number of sexual offences prevention orders imposed by the courts are contained in the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements Annual Report, published by the Ministry of Justice. The report covering the period from April 2013 to March 2014 is due to be published in late October. MAPPA reports for 2009-2013 may be found on the GOV.uk website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 21/10/2014 16:03:43 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 22236 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

92989

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in Stafford constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	210228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The table provided shows the number of offences in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership in each of the past five years. <br>According to the latest police recorded crime figures (published on 16th October), crime has fallen by more than 20% over the last five years in the Partnership.<br><br>The data requested are also published on the Home Office website, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><strong>Table A: Police Recorded Crime (excluding fraud) in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership, year to June 2009 to year to June 2014</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Numbers</strong></em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Total offences</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2010</td><td>7,200</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2011</td><td>6,765</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2012</td><td>6,340</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2013</td><td>5,286</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2014</td><td>5,536</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><em>1. Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office</em></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2">2. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"><p><em>3. Action Fraud have taken over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces. This process began in April 2011 and was rolled out to all police forces by March 2013. To enable comparison of data across the five year period, fraud data have been excluded.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 21/10/2014 16:05:58 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy