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31448

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK EEA nationals had dependants eligible to receive child benefit where the dependant is (a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK on 1 January 2014; and how much has been paid in such a fashion in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	181673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.</p><p>The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by member state is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>*We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of residence of children</p></td><td><p>Number of awards</p></td><td><p>Number of children</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1215</p></td><td><p>1712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13174</p></td><td><p>22093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1231</p></td><td><p>2505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>20400</p></td><td><p>34268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.</p><p>Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 183448 184509 191453 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

39732

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting decision for travel documents on 1 February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	189239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are unable to provide figures specific to asylum cases awaiting travel <br>documents. This information is only held within paper case files, which would <br>mean this question could only be answered through a disproportionately <br>expensive manual case search.</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	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023069

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether a suicide note is classified as a legal document.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	200564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office is not responsible for determining the legal status of any document. The legal status of a document would depend on a number of factors including the context it was being presented in.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/12/2018 10:55:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

60713

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external consultants employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains details on the expenditure on external consultants by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the past four complete financial years. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>External Consultants Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>SFO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£1,557,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£856,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£31,142*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>£48,228 (subject to audit)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The expenditure listed for 2012-13 was actually incurred in 2011-12 but not paid until the following year.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 08/07/2014 14:32:13 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

60714

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Profession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external lawyers employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The amounts spent by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on external lawyers in each of the last four financial years is shown in the following table. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Expenditure on external lawyers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£139,219,000</p></td><td><p>£4,523,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£115,329,000</p></td><td><p>£4,822,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£118,908,000</p></td><td><p>£5,956,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£122,929,000</p></td><td><p>£19,077,467</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The SFO figures include the cost of external counsel, TSol and other legal fees, but do not include temporary agency staff. The SFO spend on counsel fees is published in its annual report. The increased figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 reflect the revised treatment of VAT on some fees, repayment of some VAT which had been incorrectly recovered in earlier years, and costs relating to some very large cases and other litigation.</p><p>The SFO's requirement for additional expenditure in 2013-14 has already been set out to the House in documentation published around its Spring Supplementary Estimate, which has been scrutinised by the Justice Select Committee. The nature of the SFO's work means that it can occasionally incur significant additional legal expenses for its very largest and mostcomplex investigations and prosecutions, such as that into Libor.</p><p>The CPS figures are drawn from the CPS's core financial accounting system and they are consistent with the CPS's audited accounts. The great majority of fees for legal work paid by the CPS relates to the services of self-employed barristers and solicitors for crown court casework. The CPS also engages barristers and solicitors to undertake advocacy as agents in magistrates' courts sessions and, occasionally, to provide legal advice on discrete areas of specialist policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 16:44:30 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

60715

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Treasury Solicitor's Department
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers were employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The figures below give the number of lawyers employed in the Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), as at 31<sup>st</sup> March each year and to date for 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st May 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>910</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>565</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>464</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 31st March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures given are for permanent staff.</p><p>Since 2010 TSol has been engaged on a process of transferring lawyers from other departments to TSol as part of the the Shared Legal Services Programme. Sharing legal services brings considerable benefits including greater flexibility and resiliance, more efficient deployment of legal resources, more opportunities for savings and improved knowledge sharing, which in turn supports consistency of legal advice across Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 16:29:21 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671646

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers are employed in the Government Legal Service; and how many such lawyers are (a) women and (b) from ethnic minority communities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	59592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government Legal Service (GLS) is not a department but a grouping of the legal profession within Government. Government lawyers take different forms; some are employed by the Government Legal Department (GLD), others employed by regulators and organisations at arm’s length from Government. The GLS is supported by a very small secretariat of fewer than five staff and does not systematically collect information as data is held by the lawyer’s own organisations. We are therefore unable to provide this information for the GLS. There is data for the GLD, which is the single largest ‘member’ of the GLS and the largest provider of legal services to government. As of 31 December 2016 the figures for the Government Legal Department are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of lawyers</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of female lawyers</p></td><td><p>896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of lawyers from ethnic minority communities *</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of female lawyers from ethnic minority communities *</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*This figure is obtained from the information that is voluntarily self-recorded by employees</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/01/2017 14:42:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

672035

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Profession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to his Department was of the use of external lawyers by his Department (a) in general and (b) related to the work of the Treasury Solicitors in (i) 2016, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	59708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The cost relating to the use of external lawyers (including lawyers in the Government Legal Department, formerly the Treasury Solicitor’s Department) by the Attorney General’s Office for the last three financial years is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD lawyers</p></td><td><p>425,859</p></td><td><p>330,442</p></td><td><p>322,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>210,537</p></td><td><p>340,640</p></td><td><p>220,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Other external lawyers)</p></td><td><p>40,153</p></td><td><p>8,677</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-GLD legal fees (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>18,816</p></td><td><p>14,252</p></td><td><p>18,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total external legal fees</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>695,366</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>694,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>561,153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are exclusive of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2017 14:43:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78986

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 184W, on consultants, who the consultants were; what they were contracted to do; and how much each was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	206676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested in respect of the Crown Prosecution Service was contained in an answer given to the Rt. Hon Member by the Attorney General on the 16<sup>th</sup> July (Official Report, Col 678W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below contains details on the consultants used by the SFO since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior management</p></td><td><p>986k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Development work relating to Deferred</p><p>Prosecution Agreements; coaching</p></td><td><p>480k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>60k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>Preparation of Business case for</p><p>relocation and satellite offices</p></td><td><p>24k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Morland Consulting</p></td><td><p>Research &amp; Support Strategic</p><p>Risk Assessment</p></td><td><p>10k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Processflows Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior</p><p>management</p></td><td><p>208k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Consultancy work relating to</p><p>Deferred Prosecution Agreements</p></td><td><p>542k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>BNP Paribas</p></td><td><p>Lease surrender</p></td><td><p>61k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>44k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Hill and Knowlton</p></td><td><p>Communication advice</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Late invoice for work in</p><p>2011-12 (as above)</p></td><td><p>31k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>32k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>CIO Partners</p></td><td><p>Preparation of specialist</p><p>IT specification</p></td><td><p>2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Others*</p></td><td><p>Data management reviews</p></td><td><p>14k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Two individuals carried out some work relating to an incident of data loss</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 1:</strong> Records for this type of expenditure were not properly documented prior to April 2012. Available records are summarised above:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 2:</strong> The combined total of costs for the year 2010/11 does not match SFO’s previously published figures. The previous figure was understated by £10k because of credits for late invoices relating to 2009/10 which had been incorrectly categorised as consultancy expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 14:44:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

64872

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the legal profession, what proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service was paid to which companies for what services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	203402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>A table setting out the proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) paid to companies for services in financial years from 2010/11 to 2013/14 has been placed in the Library of the House, together with the corresponding expenditure. The CPS financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/07/2014 15:17:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name CPS consultancy data 2010-2014.docx title CPS consultancy data 2010 -2014 previous answer version 8474 answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765777

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Aerospace Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to protect the UK aerospace sector.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department provides strong support for the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. We believe this has been successful in protecting the industry and supporting its growth. Since 2010, the UK aerospace industry has seen turnover grow from £23.7billion to £32billion; exports have increased from £18billion to £30billion; direct jobs have grown from 110,000 to 120,000, with indirect jobs up from 148,000 to 161,000; and, between 2010 and 2016, productivity growth in the sector was over five times more than in the economy as a whole. In addition we have created a more certain environment to drive increased investment in R&amp;D, through a £1.95billion Government commitment over 13 years to 2026, matched by industry, to fund new R&amp;D projects.</p><p>But we are not complacent and will continue to work with industry through the AGP to retain the UK's position as a leading aerospace nation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/10/2017 13:00:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765778

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Space Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the UK space industry during the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have made it clear that we want our companies and our universities to continue participating in key EU space programmes.</p><p>Furthermore my Department has shown strong support for the UK space industry through the €1.4bn investment I made with the European Space Agency in December 2016. I have also announced an investment of £99m in a National Satellite Testing Facility at Harwell.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/10/2017 14:21:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453840

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	Higher Education: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to increase representation of BME students in leading universities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has a goal of increasing by 20% the number of BME students in higher education. In our new guidance to the Director of Fair Access, which we published on 11 February, we ask him to maximise the contribution of Access Agreements towards this ambition. The share of BME enrolments at UK institutions has already risen from just over 20% to 23% between 2009/10 and 2014/15. Entry rates for 18 year olds in each ethnic group increased in 2015, reaching the highest recorded values for each group. Between 2009 and 2015, the entry rate for young people in the Black ethnic group increased by over 40 percent proportionally.</p><p> </p><p>Investment by the higher education sector through Access Agreements is expected to reach £746 million in 2016/17 up from £404 million in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>The Government accepts that selective institutions already do much to widen participation. We also acknowledge the work that they already do. Nonetheless, we are convinced that more could and should be done. In our recent guidance to the Director of Fair Access, <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-02-2016-OFFA-Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-02-2016-OFFA-Guidance.pdf</a> we asked him to secure more progress. Institutions must use evidence and good practice to lever better results and there needs to be more innovation in this area. As the Director of Fair has also said, ‘it should not be beyond institutions themselves to find ways of making more progress.’</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2016 16:30:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

92991

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	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	Overseas Students
	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 overseas students were studying at each UK university in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	210184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on enrolments by country of domicile, mode of study, level of study and institution can be accessed via the following link for the latest available academic years, which are 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 14:41:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 22387 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750035

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts exist between HM Revenue and Customs and (a) KPMG, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte and (d) PwC; and what the value is of each such contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ current contracts with these organisations are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG</p></td><td><p>Civil Service Learning Training Contract</p></td><td><p>£3.86m pa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernst &amp; Young</p></td><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p>Forensic Accountancy Services</p></td><td><p>£538k pa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PwC</p></td><td><p>Estates Transformation Support</p></td><td><p>£225k total</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/07/2017 16:11:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

773896

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Coinage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for there being between 400 and 450 million old, round pound coins still in circulation.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	108795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The process of repatriation of the old £1 coins is still ongoing. Coins are being returned to banks by individuals and businesses every day. We encourage those that still have round £1 coins to now bank or donate them to charity.</p><p> </p><p>In all recoinages, a proportion of coin is not returned. We expect that the proportion of round £1 coins removed from circulation to be in line with previous withdrawals of high denomination coins, such as the recoinage of the 50p, which took place between 1997 and 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/10/2017 12:01:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78370

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Consultants
	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 external consultants employed by his Department in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	206287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Spend on external consultants and other professional services is published annually in the Department’s annual report and accounts. These can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-annual-report</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/08/2014 09:48:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

43485

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much sugar was purchased for No. 10 Downing Street in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	192416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister's Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>This information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

45164

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts have been given to Airwave; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each such contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	194011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Government's transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453841

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Senior Civil Service roles are occupied by people from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27695 27696 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453842

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Civil Service workforce is from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27694 27696 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453843

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applicants to the Civil Service Fast Stream are (a) from BME backgrounds and (b) successful and from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27694 27695 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

596001

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Consumers: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the proposed audit of public services to reveal racial disparities to all organisations and companies which provide (a) car insurance and (b) other consumer services required by law.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	47432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>All companies and other organisations that provide a service to the public are legally obliged under the Equality Act 2010 to ensure no race discrimination occurs. The Race Disparity Audit was set up to identify and analyse racial disparities in public services, working with data from Government departments and their arm’s length bodies to build a complete and accurate picture across the country. This is a unique and ambitious undertaking and there are no current plans to extend it beyond public services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/10/2016 09:12:43 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

64891

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Equal Pay
	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 ensure gender equality in civil service salaries.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	904642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The median gender pay gap for full-time civil servants has narrowed since 2010 but we must continue to press to narrow the gap further, including by reminding departments of their clear legal obligations on equal pay and conducting equal pay audits. Salaries for new appointments must be justified on the basis of the skills and experience necessary to do the job. For staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS), this is for individual departments to manage. For the centrally-managed SCS, pay proposals have regard to the impact on women.</p><p>More widely, the Government is concerned that a long-standing majority of women in the overall civil service, does not translate into a similar proportion in the SCS. I have commissioned work to address this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/07/2014 14:46:07 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765767

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to protect public services against cyber attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat of cyber attacks against public services very seriously. We support Health and Local Government sectors in improving their cyber resilience and encourage all organisations to implement the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice: to keep software patches up to date, to run antivirus and to back up their data.</p><p>In addition to this, the NCSC is developing Active Cyber Defence initiatives which will lead national efforts to block, disrupt and neutralise malicious cyber activity before it reaches our public services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2017 14:38:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz