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46728

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next meeting of the Finance Ministers Quadrilateral will take place; and what will be discussed at this meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	195134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The last Finance Quadrilateral was held on 18 November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>No formal minutes of the meeting were taken, but Ministers present discussed the general economic outlook for the UK and for each of the devolved administrations, as well as looking forward to the forthcoming Autumn Statement. Agreement was reached at the meeting regarding the framework under which the devolved administrations could carry forward Financial Transactions capital into future years.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Finance Ministers from the devolved administrations aim to meet regularly in Quadrilateral format, complimenting bi-lateral meetings and conversations throughout the year. It is anticipated the next Quadrilateral will take place over the coming months. No date or agenda has yet been set.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 195135 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

46729

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last Finance Ministers Quadrilateral met; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	195135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The last Finance Quadrilateral was held on 18 November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>No formal minutes of the meeting were taken, but Ministers present discussed the general economic outlook for the UK and for each of the devolved administrations, as well as looking forward to the forthcoming Autumn Statement. Agreement was reached at the meeting regarding the framework under which the devolved administrations could carry forward Financial Transactions capital into future years.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Finance Ministers from the devolved administrations aim to meet regularly in Quadrilateral format, complimenting bi-lateral meetings and conversations throughout the year. It is anticipated the next Quadrilateral will take place over the coming months. No date or agenda has yet been set.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 195134 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	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

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

171904

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2013 to Question 135835, on Dover House, whether building work on the first floor of 70 Whitehall has been concluded; and when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is expected to vacate Dover House.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Under plans agreed prior to the 2010 General Election, 70 Whitehall is undergoing modernisation works. As a result, there are no current plans for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to vacate Dover House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:30 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

106364

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Scotland living in poverty in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	213245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series. This information is captured using the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and has been reported since 1998/99. These estimates are available for each financial year up to 2012/13, the latest period for which estimates are available.</p><p>Average figures for three survey years have been combined for region and individual countries; this is because single year estimates are not considered to be sufficiently reliable for geographies at a lower level than the UK. The estimates for Scotland can be found below:</p><p><strong>Estimated number (millions) and proportion of children in relative low income by country and region (Before Housing Costs)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number (and percentage) of children in relative low income</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08 – 2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2 million (20%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09 – 2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2 million (19%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10 – 2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2 million (17%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11 – 2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>0.2 million (17%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(Source: HBAI 2012/13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 11/11/2014 12:56:36 answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

179349

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many children in Scotland are living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	224310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in relative and absolute low income are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income series. These estimates are available as three-year averages to 2012/13, and show that in 2010/11-2012/13 the number and percentage of children in relative and absolute low income was 0.2 million (17%) and 0.2 million (18%) respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orkney and Shetland answering member printed Mr Alistair Carmichael question first answered 24/02/2015 15:12:22 answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

171985

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where testing of samples from patients in Scotland suspected of having Ebola takes place.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 1 December 2014, Ebola testing facilities are being provided through NHS Lothian by the Scottish National Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Test Service, based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Prior to December, all samples were sent to the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory testing facility at Porton Down in Wiltshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/01/2015 16:44:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

171986

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the protocols on joint working between the NHS in Scotland and England on Ebola.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>There are no written protocols on joint working between the National Health Service in Scotland and England which focus specifically on Ebola. NHS England works very closely with colleagues in Scotland and other Devolved Administrations to ensure effective joint working to respond to a wide variety of issues, including Ebola.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England works to the Service Specification for High Level Isolation Units, covering the two high secure units in England located at the Royal Free Hospital in London and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with both units serving the whole United Kingdom. This specification has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Health and Safety Executive published the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens’ Guidance on “Management of Hazard Group 4 viral haemorrhagic fevers and similar human infectious diseases of high consequence” in November 2014. A copy has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.pdf title Advisory committee on dangerous pathogens 2 file name Service specification for High Level Isolation Units.pdf title Service specification- high level isolation units question first answered 08/01/2015 16:04:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

171909

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Tax Yields
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on oil and gas receipts of the fall in the price of Brent crude to $56 a barrel.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published forecasts for oil and gas revenues in the December 2014 Economic and Financial Outlook. The report shows that these tax receipts are expected to be £15.8bn over the forecast period. The March 2015 forecast will incorporate the impact of recent changes in the oil price.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The global fall in oil prices should provide a boost to the economy and support UK and global growth. Falling oil prices contributed to annual CPI inflation of 1.0 per cent in November, the lowest level of inflation in 12 years, and reductions in petrol and diesel prices, which are now at their lowest levels since September 2010. On 5th January 2015, diesel was down 18.28p/l on its July 2014 peak, at 117.93p/l, and petrol down 20.05p/l at 111.06p/l.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2015 12:20:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran