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date	16/03/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Church of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what criteria the Commissioners will use in their decision on releasing additional funds to support Church mission and ministry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	227726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Last month, General Synod supported the idea of the Church Commissioners “giving consideration to the basis on which they might, for a limited period, release additional funds in order to support changes that will equip the Church of England more effectively for sustainable mission and ministry over the coming generations”.</p><p>The Commissioners’ own Board of Governors has also expressed its preparedness, following extensive consultation, to release additional time limited funds provided this could be done in an effective and disciplined manner. Robust processes are already in place to govern the distribution of existing discretionary funding streams and the same will be true of any additional funding.</p><p>The specific funding criteria have not yet been worked out but I can assure my hon. Friend that any additional money will only be released for focused, evidence-based projects which are rooted in dioceses’ strategies and will be advised by carefully worked through calculations by external actuaries as to the impact on the Commissioners’ ability to make distributions to the Church in perpetuity.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 19/03/2015 12:29:09 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

227540

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date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vanguard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason Vanguard was given a new NHS contract; what steps he plans to take to ensure that the problems which arose on Vanguard's previous contract with the NHS do not recur and that patient safety is not put at risk; and what assessment he has made of the company's financial liability for its under-performance in respect of that previous contract.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	227632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS Supply Chain has launched a framework agreement for mobile and strategic services. This framework agreement does not constitute a centralised national contract with any providers. Contracting for such services to meet temporary needs and maintain service standards are decisions for individual National Health Service organisations as opposed to politicians and civil servants in Whitehall.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All suppliers on the framework are Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered, hold Monitor licences as a minimum and have been vetted via the Disclosure and Barring Service. They will also have insurance cover to a minimum of £5 million as well as ISO9001 certification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC registration includes a number of measures which need to be periodically satisfied in order to continue providing services to the NHS. The CQC also has the power to act if it determines that services are not of a sufficient quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, we have brought in tougher independent inspections for all hospitals so any service that is not providing the desired quality of care, whether it is run by the NHS or privately, will be forced to turn things around or be put into special measures. The CQC, as the independent regulator of quality and safety, through its rigorous inspection regime is doing exactly what it was established to do.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Litigation Authority has no record of any claims payments made in connection with negligence incurred by Vanguard Healthcare Ltd, and no assessment has been made of any financial liabilities they may have incurred from previous contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 227631 227646 question first answered 19/03/2015 14:39:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

227256

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the proportion of advice provided to businesses under the Growth Vouchers scheme to date that has been provided directly by his Department and its agencies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of the advice delivered under the Growth Voucher programme is provided by suppliers in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 18/03/2015 17:10:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227259

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Disposable Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of disposable income of each (a) age group and (b) income group in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Annual estimates by country of median and mean disposable equivalised household income by age group (i.e. for children, working age adults and pensioners) on a three-year average basis are available from the latest Households Below Average Income publication.</p><p> </p><p>These different age groups can be found in tables 2.6ts (for children); 2.7ts (for working age adults); 2.8ts (for pensioners). These can be accessed via the ‘Supporting data tables’ link in here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-hbai-199495-to-201213</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Estimates of median disposable income of quintile income group by country are not available in the Households Below Average Income publication and therefore are presented in the tables below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(i)UK- £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Quintile group medians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(median)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income Before Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td><p>895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income After Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>842</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>814</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>(ii) Scotland - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Quintile group medians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(median)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income Before Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>609</p></td><td><p>897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>598</p></td><td><p>866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income After Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>783</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>(iii) England - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Quintile group medians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(median)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income Before Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income After Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>539</p></td><td><p>856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>524</p></td><td><p>828</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(iv) Wales - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Quintile group medians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(median)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income Before Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>569</p></td><td><p>827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income After Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>516</p></td><td><p>768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>(v)Northern Ireland - £pw equivalised 2012/13 prices</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Quintile group medians</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quintile 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(median)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income Before Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Income After Housing Costs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09-10/11</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10-11/12</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11-12/13</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>696</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source: HBAI</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Estimates for Government regions are presented as three year rolling averages. This is to ensure that the sample size is sufficient to produce robust estimates. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £.</p><p> </p><p>2. All estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty. Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling error and variability in non-response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2015 17:20:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227263

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average ratio of personal debt to equity for each (a) income and (b) age group defined by the Office for National Statistics in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 18/03/2015 16:38:32 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 227528 ONS 105.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Personal Debt
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227267

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lloyds Banking Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's announcement, Government sells more shares in Lloyds through trading plan, published on 9 March 2015, how many shares in Lloyds Banking Group the Government sold, and at what price per share.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	227539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>On 17 December 2014 the Chancellor authorised the sale of a third part of the government’s shareholding in Lloyds Banking Group via a trading plan. The plan is ongoing and will end no later than 30 June 2015. Morgan Stanley act as broker on behalf of HM Treasury to execute the trading plan.</p><p> </p><p>Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules require HMG as seller to inform the market each time its shareholding has crossed through a one percentage point threshold, which is typically released via RNS by the company. Lloyds have therefore released two such statements since the launch of the trading plan, on 23 February and 9 March 2015. These contain details of the government’s remaining shareholding in Lloyds. On both occasions, the government released a statement confirming these announcements.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 March 2015 the government confirmed that the total amount of money raised through the trading plan was over £1bn and that the government’s shareholding in Lloyds had fallen below 23%.</p><p> </p><p>As I informed the House in my written statement on 18 December, a statement will be laid before Parliament with further details at the end of the plan. In order to get the best deal for the taxpayer, I will not provide a running commentary on the price of shares and the precise number sold while the trading plan is ongoing. However, the Chancellor has made clear that no shares will be sold below the average price the previous government paid for them (i.e. 73.6p).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 227537 227538 question first answered 18/03/2015 16:40:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

227277

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publically available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRA is compiled from departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. This data that each department provides, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 19/03/2015 10:40:17 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227288

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by the Department of Energy and Climate Change on both research and development and the total Departmental spending on services is publically available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p>The CRA is compiled from Departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. The data provided, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 18:01:47 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227290

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people engaged off payroll by the Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change (DECC) and the Non Departmental Public Bodies, for which it is responsible, are published each year in its Annual report and Accounts. These are available on our website and can be found by following the links set out below.</p><p><strong>2013-14</strong> (Average number of persons employed) (Page 96)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2012-13</strong> (Average number of persons employed) (Page 150)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2011-12</strong> (Table 5 Staff in post) (Page 232)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012--2</a></p><p><strong>2010-11</strong> (Average number of persons employed) (Page 96)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>The tables in 2011-12 also includes totals for all previous years since DECC was created in 2008.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 18:02:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227293

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to protect residents from persistently noisy neighbours.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	227573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Noise Act 1996 already provide local authorities with the necessary powers to tackle problem neighbour noise. This legislation allows local authorities to serve notices to stop the noise and prevent it from happening again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also introduced more effective anti-social behaviour powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. One of the powers is the Community Protection Notice which the police and local authorities can use to tackle behaviour that is having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of the community, is persistent or continuing and is unreasonable. In addition, apart from the statutory guidance, the Government has also published an information note highlighting how the new powers can be used to deal with noisy neighbours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 11:39:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy