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715144

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the statutory framework for the hackney carriage and private-hire vehicle industry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	69747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>At the request of the Department for Transport, the Law Commission has undertaken a comprehensive review of taxi and private hire regulation in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all the recommendations in the Law Commission’s report against the backdrop of a rapidly changing sector and will formally respond to the Law Commission and announce its intentions once this scrutiny is completed.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/04/2017 14:27:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

715780

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that bus companies undertake a public consultation with passengers before submitting the required 56 days' notice for route changes to the Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	69912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to make it a requirement for operators to undertake a public consultation before submitting notice to the Traffic Commissioner. The provision of bus services and how to consult with passengers before making any changes to routes lies with individual operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 14:49:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

750843

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's communications team in 2016-17, and what the projected costs are for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The cost for running HM Treasury Communication department, including all staff and running costs in 2016-17 was £1,950,886 , a reduction of over a quarter of the 2009/10 spend<strong><strong><br> <br> </strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/07/2017 11:33:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750844

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Sick Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide a figure for the actual cost of sickness pay - this information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, from 1 January to 31 December 2016, 3,289 days were lost to sickness absence by employees in the Treasury. This equates to a figure of 2.6 days average working day lost per employee.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 15:07:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750845

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many receptions he has hosted for representations of the print and broadcast media in the last year; how many people attended those receptions; and what the cost to the public purse was for each of those receptions.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor has hosted two receptions for journalists in the last year. 200 members of the press were invited to the first reception (a summer reception at HM Treasury), costing £1516, which included security hire, refreshments and snacks. 103 people attended the second (Press Gallery Christmas Reception at No11) which incurred no cost.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 14:48:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750846

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible spent on external consultants and advisers in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Information relating to spend on external consultants and advisers for the Department, each of its non-departmental bodies and executive agencies for which the Department is responsible, is published information.</p><p>Please refer to the Annual Report and Accounts, Note 7, Expenditure on purchases of goods and services, Note 7, Other administration costs and Note 8, Other programme costs for further details. Links to each of the year's accounts within this request have been provided as follows:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-resource-accounts-2009-to-2010</p><p>In the accounts Core Treasury comprises the non-agency parts of HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 14:44:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750847

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each of its (i) non-departmental public bodies and (ii) executive agencies in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The total Treasury’s spending on advertising since 2010 was £18,877,108 which is split as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Treasury (1)</p></td><td><p>331,366</p></td><td><p>21,240</p></td><td><p>35,745</p></td><td><p>210,217</p></td><td><p>2,020,920</p></td><td><p>5,983,746</p></td><td><p>7,750,402</p></td><td><p>12,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management Office (2)</p></td><td><p>130,250</p></td><td><p>56,650</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,194</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>13,355</p></td><td><p>3,536</p></td><td><p>7,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Budget Responsibility</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Internal Audit Agency</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33,036</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Protection Agency</p></td><td><p>28,767</p></td><td><p>130,150</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,495</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Government Commerce</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>26,003</p></td><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></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) 2013-14 includes advertising for Help to Buy – 2013-14 (£1.69m), 2014-15 (£2.28m), 2015-16 (£0.14m) and Pension Wise – 2014-15 (£3.74m), 2015-16 (£4.77m), 2016-17 (£0.06m)</p><p>(2) Includes advertising costs for gilt auctions which are now discontinued</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/07/2017 12:39:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751210

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all of his Department's premises in the UK by region and nation which have over 10 personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury has over 10 personnel located at two locations in the UK, they are:</p><p> </p><p>1 Horse Guards Road</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 2HQ</p><p> </p><p>Rosebery Court</p><p>St Andrews Business Park</p><p>Norwich</p><p>NR7 OHS</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 14:50:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751656

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to include milk-based products.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to review the exemption for milk-based products in 2020 based on evidence from Public Health England on the progress the industry has made on reformulating their products.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2017 14:52:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

715783

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on introducing proposals in the Disability Equality Training (Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	69958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>In responding to the Disability Equality Training (Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Drivers) Private Members Bill debate in the House of Commons on the 18 November 2016, my Rt Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, committed to bringing forward a package of measures to support access to taxis and private hire vehicles for disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to consult shortly on revised Best Practice Guidance for local licensing authorities, which will include strengthened recommendations relating to the provision of disability awareness training for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 14:53:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe