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The spend to date and budgeted amounts are in the table below. The budget for the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) was set in 2010, based on robust cost projections and included optimism bias in line with best practice. Careful management of budgets, combined with an agile approach to the development of the IT supporting the move to IER has helped to ensure that, to date, the programme has come in under budget. <\/p>
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The budget for IER has supported three rounds of pilots since 2011 and a complete national test of the IT that will support the automatic confirmation of at least 78% of current electors. It has enabled the allocation of resources to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and partner organisations (£4.2m in the current financial year) to improve the completeness and accuracy of the Electoral Register. <\/p>
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2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 2014-15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Actual:<\/p> £2,369,719<\/p><\/td> | Actual:<\/p> £5,074,446<\/p><\/td> | Budget:<\/p> £26,148,664<\/p><\/td> | Budget:<\/p> £65,478,868<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> For financial year 2015/16, £148 million has been set aside for the costs of Individual Electoral Registration, the General Election and the 2015/16 Boundary Commission; specific budgets for each of these areas are yet to be allocated.<\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1816", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Wallace of Saltaire"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-03-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-03-10T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-01-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the £108 million allocated in the 2010 Spending Review to cover the costs of introducing individual electoral registration, how much was spent in (1) 2010\u201311, (2) 2011\u201312, and (3) 2012\u201313; and how much is planned to be spent in (1) 2013\u201314, and (2) 2014\u201315.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/260", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wills"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Wills"} ], "uin" : "HL4953"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34720", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34720/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Labour's legacy<\/em><\/p> The last Labour Government had a policy of actively pushing fortnightly bin collections and hitting hard-working families with new bin charges.Their \u2018Household Waste Prevention Policy Side Research Programme' advocated \u201ccollection limitations in terms of rubbish bin size or the interval between collections\u201d, and sought to \u201cnationalise this policy among local authorities\u201d. Cutting weekly rubbish collections was not a locally-led initiative, but an explicit Whitehall mission pursued with the zeal of a convert.<\/p> Legislation in 2005 allowed the introduction of bin fines for minor breaches of complex and confusing bin rules; further legislation in 2008 watered down councils' legal duties to collect rubbish. Guidance issued in 2005 advised town halls that councillors should be bullied to stop them opposing the axing of collections or proposing to restore weekly collections. It also recommended that cutting collections should be done after local elections \u2013 to avoid the nuisance of democratic opposition. The Government funded the covert imposition of \u201cbin brother\u201d microchips into families' bins. The 2009 Pre-Budget Report made clear that a further wave of bin cuts were being planned. In short, the \u201cTown Hall Talibin\u201d doubled council tax and halved bin collections.<\/p> We disagree. This Government believes that households deserve a frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service in return for the £122 a month in council tax that a typical household pays (Band D), especially given the typical refuse collection service only costs councils £6 to £7 per month to provide.<\/p> What we've done<\/em><\/p> We have taken a series of steps to help households:<\/p> <\/p> · Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling;<\/p> <\/p> · Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge<\/em> and Waste Management Quick Guide<\/em>).<\/p> <\/p> · Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;<\/p> <\/p> · Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a \u201cvalid efficiency\u201d and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a \u201ccashable efficiency gain\u201d;<\/p> <\/p> · Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the \u201ceco-standards\u201d;<\/p> <\/p> · Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice;<\/p> <\/p> · Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement);<\/p> <\/p> · Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;<\/p> <\/p> · Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal \u2018backdoor bin charging' on households bins;<\/p> <\/p> · Stopped funding the \u2018Waste Improvement Network' which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;<\/p> <\/p> · Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;<\/p> <\/p> · Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from \u201cBinquisition\u201d inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families' bins;<\/p> <\/p> · Changing building regulations to tackle \u2018bin blight'; and<\/p> <\/p> · Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.<\/p> In short, this has been a fundamentally different approach from the Labour Government: we are working with families to help them go green, but believe in proper, regular and comprehensive collections for taxpaying households.<\/p> The configuration of services is complex. The table below, based on available estimates from WRAP, provide the most detailed information held on the breakdown of refuse and recycling collections of \u2018smelly' rubbish across councils in England.<\/p> Weekly collections of smelly rubbish<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Councils<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 190<\/p><\/td> 52<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td> 54<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 182<\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 181<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 179<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/em><\/p> <\/p> Households<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly collection and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 1,296,296<\/p><\/td> 405,719<\/p><\/td> 718,292<\/p><\/td> 10,480,876<\/p><\/td> 1,750,654<\/p><\/td> 353,001<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 1,079,984<\/p><\/td> 479,151<\/p><\/td> 998,017<\/p><\/td> 9,694,524<\/p><\/td> 2,197,166<\/p><\/td> 542,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 1,141,584<\/p><\/td> 441,151<\/p><\/td> 998,017<\/p><\/td> 9,341,759<\/p><\/td> 2,426,531<\/p><\/td> 602,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 1,124,040<\/p><\/td> 441,151<\/p><\/td> 861,447<\/p><\/td> 9,064,454<\/p><\/td> 2,571,575<\/p><\/td> 602,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 1,378,876<\/p><\/td> 440,812<\/p><\/td> 851,915<\/p><\/td> 8,239,673<\/p><\/td> 2,896,107<\/p><\/td> 747,024<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 1,386,876<\/p><\/td> 440,812<\/p><\/td> 747,915<\/p><\/td> 7,885,321<\/p><\/td> 2,981,513<\/p><\/td> 747,024<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Fortnightly collections<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Councils<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 144<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 149<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 145<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 147<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Households<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 1,668,211<\/p><\/td> 5,879,808<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 1,838,632<\/p><\/td> 6,014,336<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 1,860,532<\/p><\/td> 6,032,245<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 2,034,102<\/p><\/td> 6,145,050<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 2,170,143<\/p><\/td> 6,173,402<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 2,319,143<\/p><\/td> 6,389,348<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Note: Some councils may have a combination of the categories in the table below and have been counted under each one that they provide.<\/p> This shows that 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish. Had the Government not taken the actions it had, weekly collections would have disappeared in England by 2015. This simple assertion can be illustrated by the extinction of weekly collections in most of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have devolved Administrations and policies of supporting fortnightly bin collections. Indeed, in Wales, the Labour-led Welsh Government now has a policy of supporting monthly bin collections (Welsh Government, Municipal Sector Plan Part 1<\/em>, March 2011 and Welsh Government, Cabinet decision, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, Additional Funding for Zero Waste Gurnos<\/em>, February 2012).<\/p> We have stopped the rot, but there is more to do to support weekly bin collections. Many town hall jobsworths, over-zealous NGOs and vested interests in the waste industry remain blindly obsessed with restricting bin collections as a perverse policy goal in itself, and this is reflected in the figures in the table above. Indeed, even Keep Britain Tidy \u2013 which one would think would want regular rubbish collections to keep the streets clean \u2013 has been taken over by a NGO (Waste Watch) which campaigns for fortnightly bin collections. Bin collections are not viewed as a public service \u2013 but as a policy tool to deliver other arbitrary policy goals.<\/p> More to do<\/em><\/p> One option which should be considered is a minimum service standard \u2013 for example, the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 already lays down minimum service requirements for recycling, and indeed, the Public Health Act 1875 introduced a duty on local authorities to collect rubbish; this duty was enhanced by the Public Health Act 1936 obliging them to collect household waste weekly which existed until 1974.<\/p> Moving forward, we are open to representations on how best to support frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service; stand up for taxpayers' interests from arbitrary state charges and taxes; and protect the local environment, public health and local amenity from the nuisance of stinking rubbish.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in England received a weekly general, all-purpose, rubbish collection service in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34369/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> I have placed in the Library of the House, a table showing affordable and social rents as a proportion of market rents, for each London borough.<\/p> The affordable rent model allows for more new affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and by levering in more private investment. The programme is helping deliver £15 billion of private investment in new affordable housing over the current spending review, alongside £4.5 billion of public investment. Social rent and affordable rent go hand in hand; both help provide accommodation for those on low incomes.<\/p> As the National Audit Office has observed: \u201cthe Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available\u201d and \u201cthe Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding\u201d (National Audit Office, \u201cFinancial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme\u201d, 4 July 2012, HC465,<\/em> pp.6-7).<\/p> I note in his recent Fabian Society pamphlet, the rt. hon. Member has complained that affordable rent would result in rents of 80 per cent of market rents in London. Whilst it varies by borough, as the table shows, for example, affordable rent levels are 38 per cent of average local market rents in Camden, 48 per cent in Islington, 54 per cent in Southwark and 35 per cent in Westminster, reflecting local circumstances.<\/p> I also observe that the housing policy announced at the Labour Party Conference in October 2012 also endorsed the use of affordable rents to build new homes; albeit this point is frequently lost on many Labour hon. Members who proceed to attack the basic principle of affordable rent in allowing more new affordable homes to be built using taxpayer capital subsidy.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average proportion of market rent of all affordable housing is in each London borough.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1577", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sadiq Khan"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sadiq Khan"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34375/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Country of residence of children<\/p><\/td> Number of awards<\/p><\/td> Number of children<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Austria<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belgium<\/p><\/td> 75<\/p><\/td> 140<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bulgaria<\/p><\/td> 186<\/p><\/td> 245<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Croatia<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cyprus<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Czech Republic<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 203<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Denmark<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Estonia<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Finland<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> France<\/p><\/td> 789<\/p><\/td> 1429<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Germany<\/p><\/td> 283<\/p><\/td> 495<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greece<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hungary<\/p><\/td> 136<\/p><\/td> 196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Iceland<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Italy<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td> 273<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Latvia<\/p><\/td> 797<\/p><\/td> 1091<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liechtenstein<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lithuania<\/p><\/td> 1215<\/p><\/td> 1712<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Luxembourg<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Malta<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norway<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Poland<\/p><\/td> 13174<\/p><\/td> 22093<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Portugal<\/p><\/td> 202<\/p><\/td> 309<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Republic of Ireland<\/p><\/td> 1231<\/p><\/td> 2505<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Romania<\/p><\/td> 230<\/p><\/td> 392<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slovakia<\/p><\/td> 692<\/p><\/td> 1232<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slovenia<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Spain<\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 1019<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sweden<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 95<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Switzerland<\/p><\/td> 77<\/p><\/td> 150<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Netherlands<\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td> 288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Totals<\/p><\/td> 20400<\/p><\/td> 34268<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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> 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> 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> 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>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Costing and Cost Management Strategy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/33825/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This Government is committed to helping UK businesses grow and create jobs. The NICs holiday was a temporary, targeted scheme to help start ups take on new staff within their first year of trading. Although take up was lower than expected, the holiday benefitted over 26,000 businesses and supported over 90,000 jobs.<\/p> <\/p> Building on the lessons learnt from the holiday, we are taking action to reduce the employer NICs burden on small businesses and have created the new Employment Allowance which is simple to administer, permanent and available to all business and charities in the UK, this is reducing their employer NICs bill by up to £2,000 each year. As a result, 450,000 employers will pay no NICs at all in 2014-15.<\/p> <\/p> According to the latest available figures the break down of employers that applied for the National Insurance Holiday by region, throughout the scheme is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1265<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3975<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1695<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2645<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1840<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4840<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3975<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3100<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorks<\/strong>. And Humber<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3265<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 26600<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> Laundering Plants<\/p><\/td> Fuel (millions litres)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 23 (20 NI 3 GB)<\/p><\/td> 2.74<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 29 (NI figure only)<\/p><\/td> 2.44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13 to Dec 13<\/p><\/td> 26 (22 NI 4 GB)<\/p><\/td> 2.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. HMRC has also recently concluded the evaluation of a possible new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.<\/p> <\/p> HMRC uses several avenues to tackle fraud: criminal prosecution, civil action (such as seizing fuel or pumps), civil penalties and strong regulatory controls.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laundering plants and (b) millions of litres of fuel were seized in the UK by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1593", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sammy Wilson"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/32172/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the tenders issued and contracts they award with a value over £10,000 (excluding VAT) (www.gov.uk/contractsfinder).<\/p> <\/p> Public Procurement Regulations require that prescribed procurement procedures are used when procurements exceed the EU contract threshold values. This legal framework helps to ensure that public procurement is conducted in a fair and open manner both within the UK and across the EU.<\/p> <\/p> Less than two percent of all contracts were let under the restricted procedure in each of the last three years.<\/p> <\/p> In 2010/11 there was one contract let under the restricted procedure. This was for actuarial support to the independent commission on Equitable Life Payments that was set up by this government to recommend how best to fairly allocate funds provided for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme (ELPS) and had a contract value of £1million.<\/p> <\/p> In 2011/12 there were two contracts let under the restricted procedure. They were (i) Corporate Financial Advice framework contract (estimated contract value of £5 million over the 2 years but no guaranteed spend)and (ii) a contract for actuarial support for (ELPS) in making fair and transparent payments to Equitable Life policyholders who suffered financial losses as a result of Government maladministration which occurred in the regulation of Equitable Life. The contract value was £5.4 million.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The information requested for the proportion and value of HM Treasury contracts that have been let via framework agreements and where a tendering process involving the use of a pre-qualification questionnaire in each of the last three years is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion and value of his Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via framework agreements and (d) via a tendering process involving the use of a pre-qualification questionnaire in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/31321/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This Government's long term economic plan has kept interest rates at record lows for hardworking people across the country.<\/p> <\/p> Many lenders impose affordability stress tests on their mortgage lending decisions to ensure that the mortgage will remain affordable should interest rates rise. The Financial Conduct Authority's Mortgage Market Review rules, which came into force in April this year will require all mortgage lenders to conduct such a stress test.<\/p> <\/p> Although UKAR does not engage in new lending, UKAR runs a range of modelling scenarios to understand the potential effects of interest rate rises on customers. This work helps UKAR to identify customers who may be susceptible to higher interest rates and to engage with such customers at an early stage.<\/p> <\/p> UKAR assists all customers who wish to switch mortgage providers.<\/p> <\/p> NRAM and Bradford and Bingley are managed by UK Asset Resolution Limited (UKAR) which was established in 2010 to manage the disposal and rundown of outstanding assets at Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock Asset Management in an integrated way, with a view to creating value for the taxpayer. UKAR is managed at arm's length from Government, on commercial principles.<\/p> <\/p> It is therefore not for the Chancellor to discuss detailed commercial matters with UKAR.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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