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165887

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Flexible Working: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men in (i) Scotland and (ii) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have made a statutory application to request flexible working.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The latest Work-life Balance Employee Survey which is available on .gov.uk shows that in 2011, 28% of women employees and 17% of male employees in Great Britain, and 17% of employees in Scotland had made a request to change their working arrangements in the last two years. The Survey does not provide the statistics for men and women at the level of Scotland, or at the level of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The survey defines working arrangements as the amount of hours worked, when these hours are worked, and where (e.g. at home).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:23:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

170087

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	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	NHS: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on a possible exemption for the NHS in Scotland negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	218548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) and the NHS have been discussed with the Scottish Government at official and Ministerial level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the European Commission and US negotiators have explicitly ruled out public services from the scope of any market liberalisation in TTIP, and it has therefore not been necessary to discuss any exclusions related to specific public services. The Scottish Government’s ability to determine how publically funded health services in Scotland are provided will not be affected. It will be completely up to the Scottish Government to take decisions on which providers deliver health care services in the best interests of their patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:18:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

173872

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Offshore Industry: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency which are part of the supply chain for the oil and gas industry.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold specific information on the number of oil and gas supply chain jobs in Kilmarnock and Loudon constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:20:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165891

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Low Pay: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn less than the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 28/11/2014 11:40:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215864 ONS 425.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Living Wage
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

166076

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Older Workers: Kilmarnock
	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 number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in employment who are (a) 50 to 59, (b) 60 to 69 and (c) over 70.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/11/2014 13:50:34 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215975 ONS 428.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Employment
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172387

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Procurement
	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 enable social enterprises to compete for government contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	906856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The government supports social enterprises and public service mutuals (the vast majority of which are social enterprises) to access government contracts in a number of ways, such as encouraging commissioners to consider different ways of procuring through the Social Value Act and the Commissioning Academy.</p><p>The £10m Investment and Contract Readiness Fund also provides business support to social enterprises looking to take on social investment and public sector contracts, whilst the £10m Mutual Support Programme provides further comprehensive support for public service mutuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/01/2015 17:30:29 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165924

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.</p><p>The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands &amp; Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215844 question first answered 02/12/2014 11:11:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165935

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Mobile and broadband data is available for East Ayrshire local authority, but not at a constituency level.</p><p>According to the most recent figures from Ofcom in 2013 in East Ayrshire, 89.0% of premises could get a 2G signal from three mobile operators and 99.9% from at least one of them, and 8.2% of premises could get a 3G signal from all four mobile operators and 74.3% from at least one of them - <a href="http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv" target="_blank">http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv</a></p><p>Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014 states that current generation broadband is available to close to 100% of UK premises and Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband is available to 78% of premises in the UK and to 64% of premises in Scotland. Ofcom reported that NGA broadband availability in East Ayrshire in spring 2013 was about 37.2% - <a href="http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv" target="_blank">http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv</a></p><p>Ofcom will be publishing its annual UK Infrastructure Report shortly which will include more recent data on levels of mobile and broadband coverage.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 10:49:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165936

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Broadband: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to increase progress on the roll out of superfast broadband in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.</p><p>The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands &amp; Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215946 question first answered 02/12/2014 11:11:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165937

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Battle of Waterloo
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	215842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Waterloo 200 Ltd are the umbrella organisation supported by the Government to oversee the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. There are a number of events taking place in Scotland. These so far include Waterloo related Regimental exhibitions at the National Army Museum in Edinburgh and at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, a Black Watch Regimental Muster in Aberfeldy, a commemorative event at the Waterloo Monumnet at Penielhuegh and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh followed by a service of Commemoration in Canongate.</p><p>In addition to this, the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded a grant to a project in Kilmarnock focusing on the Battle of Waterloo and the life of local Kilmarnock man, Charles Ewart and his capture of Napoleon's standard.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 11:13:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson