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61989

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next dataset of bank lending by postcode from the major UK banks will be released; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>In July 2013 the Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the major UK banks to publish lending data across 10,000 individual postcodes.</p><p> </p><p>The first dataset was published in December 2013 and shows the outstanding stock of lending that has been committed to customers across three categories; loans and overdrafts to SMEs, mortgages and unsecured personal loans (excluding credit cards).</p><p> </p><p>The data is published quarterly, and the next publication is expected in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/06/2014 14:52:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61770

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revise her Department's guidelines to the Metropolitan Police on whether domestic violence cases should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service before prosecutions can be initiated by the police; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><br>The Coalition Government takes the issue of domestic violence and abuse extremely seriously. That is why in 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC (Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary) to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with domestic violence and abuse and is chairing a National Oversight Group, on which I also sit, to oversee the delivery of HMIC's recommendations. Following the publication of HMIC's report, the College of Policing is updating its authorised professional practice for officers on domestic abuse.<br><br>The Metropolitan Police Service uses national CPS guidelines when referring cases for prosecution. The Director of Public Prosecution's Guidance on Charging clearly advises both police officers and prosecutors that the CPS will charge all domestic violence cases where the appropriate evidential standard has been met. The CPS is also currently revising its domestic violence policy - a revised policy was published for consultation on 14 May 2014. The CPS is also working closely with the police to assess how the criminal justice response can be improved together with the police consideration of the HMIC review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 17/06/2014 14:47:06 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61088

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library the terms of reference of the independent medal review by Sir John Holmes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's statements on 30 April 2012, (Official Report), Column Ref: 55WS and 17 July 2012 (Official Report) Column Ref 132WS.</p><p>An announcement will be made once the full set of reviews is complete and has been approvedin the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 200141 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:27:06 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61089

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in his Department are working on the independent medal review by Sir John Holmes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence has three officials supporting the work of the Independent Medal Review being conducted by Sir John Holmes.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/06/2014 16:12:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 1734 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61090

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Sir John Holmes independent medal review began; when that review is due to be completed; whether any preliminary reports from that review (a) have been published and (b) are due to be published; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's statements on 30 April 2012, (Official Report), Column Ref: 55WS and 17 July 2012 (Official Report) Column Ref 132WS.</p><p>An announcement will be made once the full set of reviews is complete and has been approvedin the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 200055 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:27:07 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

61091

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letter of 2 June 2014 regarding Mr Abdi Kadir Mumin of Harrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	200056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 10 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 13:40:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

60663

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Balkans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the European Commission provides support to the victims of recent flooding in the Balkans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK has worked closely with the EU European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), and offered advice and assistance during all phases of the flood response effort. <br><br>In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), between 18 and 23 May a thirty-three person water rescue team from the British Fire Service was deployed to work alongside EU Force (EUFOR) Operation Althea and local rescue efforts. They rescued nearly 200 people, delivered large amounts of humanitarian aid, and helped restore power in villages North of Bijeljina.</p><p>In Serbia, the UK provided 64 radios for the Serbian Ministry of the Interior, to assist with the coordination of their response teams; and donated £280,000 worth of heavy lift and transport vehicles to the Serbian Red Cross to aid their relief distribution effort.</p><p>A team from the UK flew out to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the week commencing 20 May to assess likely humanitarian and recovery needs. Subsequently the UK provided £250,000 to support a World Vision flood response project in the region focussing on sanitation and health and providing support for 140,000 people made homeless by the floods. ECHO have released €3.2m in humanitarian aid to support the most vulnerable population in BiH and in Serbia and the Commission has reallocated a further €62m to support short to medium term recovery and reconstruction needs in the affected areas. To both the UK will have contributed 15 per cent and we will continue to work with the European Commission to try to identify any further assistance which could be made available from existing budgets.<br><br>In BiH, EUFOR Operation Althea, to which the UK contributes troops in-theatre and in reserve, assisted the BiH Armed Forces in their response to the flooding. The First Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, who provide part of EUFOR's intermediate reserve, and are in BiH for a routine operational rehearsal, are assisting the BiH Armed Forces in this regard.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the EU, the UN and other international organisations to assess what further help might be given to help both Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina recover from the impact of the floods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/06/2014 15:34:50 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

60666

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs of treatment of UK nationals in each other European Economic Area country in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The following information is not held by the Department:</p><p>- income health trusts in each region or nation of the United Kingdom received for the cost of treating European Economic Area (EEA) nationals;</p><p>- income each NHS trust in each region of England claimed back for the cost of treating EEA nationals;</p><p>- the number of EEA nationals who received NHS treatment;</p><p>- the cost of treating EEA nationals who received NHS treatment in each region of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Claims to and from EEA countries are managed centrally by the Department on behalf of the whole of the UK. Income claimed from EEA countries is based on both data collected from trusts and arrangements in place with other EEA countries under bilateral agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does hold information on claims to the UK from other EEA countries for healthcare costs. However, claims to the UK from other EEA countries are not based on nationality – they are based on whether the UK is judged to be responsible for someone's healthcare costs, for example due to residency in the UK or, for state pensioners, someone with a UK state pension who has retired to a different EEA country. It is therefore not possible to provide a breakdown of costs based on UK nationality.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 199767 199768 199769 199770 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

57947

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many insolvencies there were in each (a) region of England and (b) London borough in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for the number of individual insolvencies in region in England and each London borough in 2011 and 2012 can be found in the tables below. Individual insolvency figures include bankruptcy orders, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional individual insolvency statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each Region of England, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>7,320</p></td><td><p>6,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>16,202</p></td><td><p>15,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>12,255</p></td><td><p>11,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>10,956</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11,964</p></td><td><p>11,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>12,098</p></td><td><p>11,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>10,803</p></td><td><p>9,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>16,430</p></td><td><p>14,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13,049</p></td><td><p>12,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111,077</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>102,018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1 </sup>Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of Individual Insolvencies in each London Borough, 2011-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London Borough</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,803</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,583</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>1</sup> Where individual has provided a valid postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/06/2014 16:00:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

57948

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require the Prudential Regulation Authority to conduct an analysis of recently released personal and business lending data by postcode to examine (a) levels of disparity in lending and (b) progress in achieving financial inclusion; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>In July 2013 the Government announced that it had reached an agreement with the major UK banks to publish lending data across 10,000 individual postcodes.</p><p> </p><p>The first dataset was published in December 2013 and shows the outstanding stock of lending that has been committed to customers across three categories; loans and overdrafts to SMEs, mortgages and unsecured personal loans (excluding credit cards).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data will allow challenger banks, smaller building societies, credit unions and community development finance institutions (CDFIs) to find areas where there is a lack of lending so they can offer finance to those customers who are crying out for support to help their business grow.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 199106 199107 199138 question first answered 09/06/2014 14:11:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas