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227461

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
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 Start Up loans have been awarded since the introduction of that scheme in each parliamentary constituency; and what the total value of those loans is in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Start Up Loans awarded in each constituency and the total value of loans made in each constituency is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/03/2015 15:40:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Start Up Loans by Constituency - number and value.docx title Start up loans by constituency
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

227462

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Living Wage
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 and what proportion of staff (a) of his Department and (b) working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no direct employees in this Department paid less than the living wage, either nationally or in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally hold details of the pay levels of staff working for companies contracted by the Department. However on 1 April 2014 my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills confirmed a requirement for companies contracted by the Department to increase the wages of their lowest paid workers to £7.85.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:35:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

227464

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Advertising
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 16 March 2015 to Question 226592, what forecast he has made of expenditure on advertising and communications for March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	227699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>We estimate that spend in March on advertising and communications will be around £4m. Full details of our spend will be published in our Annual Report and Accounts later in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been responsible for running some major campaigns over the course of this financial year. These include promoting the take up and increasing awareness of apprenticeships via the Get in, Go Far campaign and increasing awareness of new rights for shared parental leave and flexible working. We have also encouraged businesses to grow and take advantage of support that is available through the Business is GREAT Britain and Do More Online campaigns and also encouraging the take up of Growth Vouchers</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:34:16 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

227465

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Living Wage
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 staff (a) of his Department and (b) working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>We don’t have any staff or buildings in Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/03/2015 15:39:52 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

227466

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 promote the National Citizen Service scheme in schools.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	227671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) continues to see impressive year on year growth thanks, in part, to school engagement.</p><p>NCS is promoted to senior school leadership through targeted marketing and events. The programme’s local delivery partners also deliver thousands of school assemblies and involve NCS graduates as advocates for the programme. 1,886 schools engaged in NCS in 2013 increasing to 2,630 in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 227672 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:39:03 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

227467

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many schools have engaged with the National Citizen Service scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	227672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>National Citizen Service (NCS) continues to see impressive year on year growth thanks, in part, to school engagement.</p><p>NCS is promoted to senior school leadership through targeted marketing and events. The programme’s local delivery partners also deliver thousands of school assemblies and involve NCS graduates as advocates for the programme. 1,886 schools engaged in NCS in 2013 increasing to 2,630 in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 227671 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:39:04 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

227468

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226811, on High Speed 2 railway line, for what reasons the page at that link is unobtainable.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	227616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Apologies. The correct link for the government’s Transparency Policy is: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-transparency-policy-and-exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-transparency-policy-and-exemptions-guidance</a></p><p>The policy states that MPA will publish a delivery confidence assessment rating of projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio in its Annual Report, six months in arrears.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/03/2015 15:40:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

227469

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218376, if he will include digital leadership in the Major Projects Academy Leadership course.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	227617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2010 the Civil Service had long-standing skills shortages. We have sought to address these in various ways including through the Major Projects Leadership Academy and broader work to improve digital skills across Whitehall. Technical understanding of major project delivery forms 25% of the Major Projects Leadership Academy. In consultation with the Government Digital Service, we have recently reviewed this element of the curriculum to ensure that it reflects the most up-to-date thinking on digital leadership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/03/2015 15:41:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

227481

registered interest
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

227482

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 local authorities have carried out an assessment of the mental health needs of their child and adolescent populations.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	227731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collect this information. However, local health and wellbeing boards are required to produce Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, which must assess current and future health and social care needs within the health and wellbeing board area. Assessments must cover the whole population, and ensure that mental health receives equal priority to physical health.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 19/03/2015 12:49:11 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger