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93755

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Pensions Technical Group and Income Tax Technical Group established to examine issues arising from the introduction of a Scottish rate of income tax have completed their work.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The advisory groups set up by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to examine issues from the introduction of the Scottish rate of income tax have completed their work. The Government’s proposals for the detailed consequential changes needed to implement the Scottish Rate of Income Tax were set out in the Technical Note published by HMRC in May 2012. In December 2013 HMRC announced arrangements to ensure that from 2016 Scottish taxpayers will receive the appropriate tax relief on their pension contributions to relief at source schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:46:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

93757

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on the Scottish rate of income tax project.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the answer that I gave her on 13 June 2013 (OR,WA, COL: 390W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 10:01:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

47148

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in England and Wales identified themselves as (a) British, (b) Scottish and (c) British and Scottish in the 2011 census.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name 195616 ONS 174.pdf title 2011 Census - ONS Letter
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

47150

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged under 25 years in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland have claimed jobseeker's allowance for more than (a) one and (b) two years in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ177.xls title Excel Attachment 2 file name 195613 ONS177.pdf title Jobseekers Allowance - ONS Letter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

47151

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people of pensionable age there were in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland at the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information below is arranged by UK Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aged 65+</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen North</p></td><td><p>12,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen South</p></td><td><p>14,123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdrie and Shotts</p></td><td><p>12,923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>17,127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td><td><p>19,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</p></td><td><p>19,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banff and Buchan</p></td><td><p>16,356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</p></td><td><p>20,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</p></td><td><p>12,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>17,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</p></td><td><p>13,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</p></td><td><p>13,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries and Galloway</p></td><td><p>21,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale</p></td><td><p>18,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee East</p></td><td><p>16,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee West</p></td><td><p>14,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline and West Fife</p></td><td><p>15,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>16,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</p></td><td><p>17,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>17,911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>16,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh East</p></td><td><p>12,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh North and Leith</p></td><td><p>12,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South</p></td><td><p>13,427</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South West</p></td><td><p>13,364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh West</p></td><td><p>16,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>17,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow Central</p></td><td><p>8,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow East</p></td><td><p>13,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>7,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North East</p></td><td><p>13,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North West</p></td><td><p>13,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South</p></td><td><p>12,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South West</p></td><td><p>12,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes</p></td><td><p>15,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon</p></td><td><p>15,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>14,837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey</p></td><td><p>17,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock and Loudoun</p></td><td><p>16,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath</p></td><td><p>17,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark and Hamilton East</p></td><td><p>17,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linlithgow and East Falkirk</p></td><td><p>17,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston</p></td><td><p>14,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>14,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>17,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>14,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</p></td><td><p>6,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire and Arran</p></td><td><p>18,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Fife</p></td><td><p>16,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ochil and South Perthshire</p></td><td><p>18,394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney and Shetland</p></td><td><p>8,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire North</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire South</p></td><td><p>14,708</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and North Perthshire</p></td><td><p>19,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ross, Skye and Lochaber</p></td><td><p>13,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West</p></td><td><p>15,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>15,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</p></td><td><p>14,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>14,988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: General Register Office for Scotland, December 2013</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found on the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/special-area/ukpc.html" target="_blank">http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/special-area/ukpc.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orkney and Shetland answering member printed Mr Alistair Carmichael question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael previous answer version 5893 answering member constituency Orkney and Shetland answering member printed Mr Alistair Carmichael answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46880

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been awarded sub-contracts for construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales since June 2013; at which sites he expects work under each such contracts to be carried out; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 June 2013 (Official Report, column 1279W).</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name Hansard extract 6 June 2013.doc title Hansard extract 6 June 2013 2 file name Hansard extract 28 November 2012.doc title Hansard extract 28 November 2012 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46922

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the First Minister of Scotland has received from (a) the British embassy in Washington and (b) consular offices in the US ahead of his upcoming visit to that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Washington, and the New York Consulate, have provided support for the visit this week of the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, to the US. The Consul General in New York hosted a lunch at his residence on 7 April, in association with Scottish Development International (SDI), for the First Minister and 17 Scottish companies from the First Minister's accompanying trade mission, to which key business figures were invited. The British Embassy in Washington worked with the New York Consulate to organise port courtesies for the First Minister, upon arrival in New York ,to allow the Scottish Affairs Office (based in the British Embassy Washington) to greet the First Minister at the airport and expedite customs and immigration procedures.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46941

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost to her Department is of providing UK border control services at (a) Paris Gare Du Nord station, (b) Bruxelles Midi station and (c) Calais port and Eurotunnel terminus.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The annual costs of providing UK border control services are as follow:<br>Paris Gare Du Nord station - £4.6 million<br>Bruxelles Midi station - £3.3 million<br>Calais port - £21.8 million<br>Eurotunnel terminus (Coquelles) – £21.2 million<br><br>The above resource costs are based on the last financial year's data(2013/14) <br>and are taken from the Home office accounting system Adelphi. These have not <br>yet been audited. Publication of the annual set of accounts will not present <br>these costs in this level of detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46951

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which parliamentary constituencies in Scotland are part of local authority areas whose electoral registration officers did not reach the required performance indicators on Standard 3 in respect of electors who failed to register to vote.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	195258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that no EROs in Scotland reported not meeting standard 3 at the recent 2013 canvass. The Commission is in the process of conducting a detailed analysis of EROs' electoral registration data from the 2013 canvass, following which it will publish its final assessment of EROs' performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran