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348407

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 4, what the reason was for the size of the reduction in the percentage of calls handled by HM Revenue and Customs contact centres within five minutes in the first two quarters of 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) handles 50 million calls a year from customers. The department is working hard to improve its performance. The percentage of calls handled will fluctuate annually and quarterly and is directly affected by customer demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken a number of steps including the introduction of a new telephony platform that will improve performance in the longer term. HMRC has recruited more than 2,000 staff to its customer service teams and is expanding the resource available at evenings and weekends when many customers choose to call. They have also launched an online service for Tax Credit customers that will enable them to renew their claims without calling at all and, as in previous years, are moving up to 1,500 extra staff from across the department to support the Tax Credits peak in demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 976 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:12:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

418042

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Nepal: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK's support for the reconstruction effort in Nepal following the 2014 earthquake in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	9837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is one of the largest bilateral donors to Nepal. UK support to the humanitarian response has already delivered important results including: 5,600,000 people benefitting from the restoration of healthcare services in their area; 200,000 benefitting from shelter support; and 80,000 people receiving cash transfers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government of Nepal has committed to establishing an Earthquake Reconstruction Authority and a detailed housing and building reconstruction plan. This will be put into effect in the affected areas once the snow clears at the end of winter. We will work closely with the Government of Nepal on these plans.</p><p> </p><p>We have established a field presence in Gorkha, the epicentre of the earthquake on 25<sup>th</sup> April, to assess partner progress and performance and to determine reconstruction priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/09/2015 14:19:59 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

348409

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 4, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of calls handled by HM Revenue and Customs' Contact Centre within five minutes.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) handles 50 million calls a year from customers. The department is working hard to improve its performance. The percentage of calls handled will fluctuate annually and quarterly and is directly affected by customer demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken a number of steps including the introduction of a new telephony platform that will improve performance in the longer term. HMRC has recruited more than 2,000 staff to its customer service teams and is expanding the resource available at evenings and weekends when many customers choose to call. They have also launched an online service for Tax Credit customers that will enable them to renew their claims without calling at all and, as in previous years, are moving up to 1,500 extra staff from across the department to support the Tax Credits peak in demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 984 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:12:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

416432

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education Funding Authority first (a) had an interest in the Maddox offices property located in Birmingham Northfield, (b) entered negotiations with the site owners about purchasing that site and (c) agreed the sale of that site.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	9063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first became aware of the property on 26 November 2014 and negotiations began on 27 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The conditional contracts were exchanged on 13 March 2015 and completion of the sale occurred on 1 July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/09/2015 10:15:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

416433

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Authority paid for the Maddox offices site located in Birmingham Northfield.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	9062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State purchased, in the name of the Edge Academy Trust, 946 Bristol Road Northfield Birmingham B31 2LQ for the sum of £1,650,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/09/2015 10:14:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93361

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's reforms of taxi and minicab licensing on the safety of women passengers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	905449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to determine whether someone is fit and proper to hold a driver’s licence and as part of this process they can request an enhanced criminal records check.</p><p> </p><p>After careful consideration, the Government has decided not to pursue clause 10 of the Deregulation Bill which would have allowed leisure use of private hire vehicles. We consider this measure is now better considered as part of the proposals in the Law Commission’s review of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 16/10/2014 10:14:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

860922

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	GKN: Melrose
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will use his powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in the takeover bid for GKN by Melrose.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	904346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, Ministers can only intervene in mergers that raise public interest concerns on the grounds of national security, financial stability and media plurality.</p><p> </p><p>Public interest interventions are quasi-judicial in nature. It is important that Ministers act, and are seen to be acting impartially, on the basis of an open mind and on the evidence available.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not appropriate for me to comment.</p><p> </p><p>I continue to monitor this situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2018 16:19:25 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

386394

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	Companies: Standards
	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 he is taking to encourage improvements in corporate governance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	900650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes high standards of corporate governance promote the trust and confidence in business needed to facilitate trade, investment, prosperity and long-term growth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last Parliament we took significant steps to reform corporate governance including improving corporate reporting and updating the rules on disqualification of directors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government will continue to work to ensure the corporate governance framework fosters trust in UK companies and encourages long-term investment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/06/2015 16:13:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

391797

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	West Bank: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) Israel's compliance with the Fourth Geneva Convention of the demolition of the Palestinian village of Susiya.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	8175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Demolitions cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; are harmful to the peace process; and are, in all but the most exceptional of cases, contrary to international humanitarian law. The Fourth Geneva Convention is clear that the destruction of any real or personal property in Occupied Territory is not justified unless it is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/09/2015 14:57:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

391796

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	West Bank: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects of implementing a two state solution in Israel and Palestine arising from the demolition of the Palestinian village of Susiya.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	8174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK's priority remains the achievement of a two-state solution. We continue to believe that the best way to achieve this is through negotiations. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), raised our concerns over steps that take us away from a two state solution with the Israeli government on 16 July, during his visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/09/2015 14:46:21 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden