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65747

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 183W, on Yemen, if she will make an assessment of the effects on security in Yemen of remotely piloted air systems.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	204032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Drone strikes against terrorist targets in Yemen are a matter for the Yemeni and US Governments. We expect all concerned to act in accordance with international law and take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian casualties when conducting operations. There is a need for effective action, and for Yemeni ownership of the fight against terrorism. It is important that Yemen and the international community continue to work together to combat this common threat of terrorism.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 10/07/2014 11:46:54 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

65559

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HM Coastguard: Fareham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether levels of staffing and training at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham are in line with the targets in the original proposals in the Coastguard Reform programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	203794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The levels of staffing and training at the National Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham are in line with proposals announced by the Shipping Minister in November 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 15:23:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

65560

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HM Coastguard: Fareham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff currently employed at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham have (a) received the amount of training required and (b) attained the level of qualification required in order to carry out their duties when the centre takes on its full operational responsibiliteis in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	203791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently 27 Coastguards employed at the National Maritime Operations Centre:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· 23 are undergoing training to be ready in preparation for the start of operational duties in September 2014; and</p><p> </p><p>· Four already have the minimum qualifications required for their roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency anticipates that at least a further 18 Coastguards to be in post at the NMOC who will have the training required to take on operational duties in September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By December 2015 all 96 Operational Coastguards will have attained the level of qualification required in order to carry out their duties.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 15:15:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

65561

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HM Coastguard: Fareham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 363W, on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Fareham, what discussions he has had in the last six months with external stakeholders on the staffing and training levels required for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham to be fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	203790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Staffing levels for the new National Maritime Operations Centre remains as set in November 2011. Experienced coastguards have designed the training requirement, which is now being delivered in readiness for operational capability in September. Specific discussions about training in the past six months have involved: Blackpool and the Fylde College; the RNLI; Adair International (providers of Action Centred Leadership); and the Royal Yachting Association.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 15:11:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

65562

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	HM Coastguard: Fareham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of staffing the Maritime and Coastguard Agency expects to be in place at Martime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham in (a) September 2014, (b) November 2014, (c) January 2015 and (d) March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	203792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The transition to the new Her Majesty's Coastguard structure is progressive over 15 months, from September 2014 until December 2015, and is structured to incrementally deliver the right number of staff at the right point of the transition timetable. When fully operational there will be 96 Operational Coastguards in post at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency plans that there will be at least 45 Coastguards in post at the NMOC in September 2014 when it takes over the operational responsibilities for the areas previously covered by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres at Solent and Portland. Staffing levels at the NMOC will progress over the transition period in line with ongoing recruitment activity and the release of successful internal candidates from current operational duties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that three Coastguard Operations Centres, each with a complement of 23 Coastguards, will migrate in the national network alongside the NMOC between October 2014 and March 2015. These are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Falmouth – October 2014</p><p> </p><p>· Holyhead – December 2014</p><p> </p><p>· Milford Haven – February 2015</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 15:18:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

64896

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	203325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p>£2,800</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:06:19 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 8139 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

64902

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many house purchases have been funded through the Help to Buy scheme in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	203332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. The number of families buying a home with the support of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, as of 31 May in the Ribble Valley Borough Council is 21; in Lancashire it is 512; and across England it is 22,831. The Department's official statistics on sales, broken down by local authority and postcode sector for England is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on schemes operated by the other devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme is managed by HM Treasury and the data is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/07/2014 15:08:46 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

65093

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from his small scale test bed at Wolverhampton Jobcentre for the Supervised Pilot Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A supervised job-search test bed in Wolverhampton ran from December 2013 to February 2014. The purpose of the test bed was to examine on a small scale which areas would be viable design options for the Supervised Job-search pilots to be introduced later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In overall terms the success of the test bed confirmed that a protracted supervised job-search could be delivered with the long term unemployed client group. As a result of what we learnt from Wolverhampton, we have incorporated several elements into the pilots design, including:</p><p> </p><p>· Induction sessions, to set clear expectations and assess individuals' abilities;</p><p>· Basic IT training;</p><p>· Integrating group sessions and one to one support to retain claimants concentration and engagement; and</p><p>· Supporting participants to focus on tailored, quality job applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/07/2014 15:11:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65913

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cyber-attacks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the preparedness of the police to respond to a cyber-attack.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	904651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat of cyber attack seriously. Last year we created the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, to lead the national response to cyber crime. We are also investing in the cyber teams in Regional Organised Crime Units, and training police officers in local forces, to ensure we are fully equipped to tackle cyber attacks at every level. And we are strengthening the Computer Misuse Act to ensure that the punishments available to prosecute cyber criminals fit the crime.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/07/2014 15:59:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

63117

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the latest estimate of employer spending on training in England, and (2) how much employers spent on (a) trainee wages in general, and (b) apprenticeships in particular, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of employer spend on training and Apprenticeship wages are in the public domain and can be accessed via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Employer Skills Survey 2013, UK Commision for Employment and Skills (UKCES ) Jan 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012, BIS Oct 2013 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2014 15:59:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton