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91351

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Innovation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, from which organisation complaints have been received about the allocation of funding from the Innovation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>No formal complaints were received about the allocation of funding from the Innovation Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/09/2014 15:40:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

91353

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of what proportion of the Spring 2014 electorate have been successfully datamatched for the transition to the Individual Electoral Register using (a) the DWP CIS database and (b) additional datamatching employed by local authorities in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>The results of the nationwide test of datamatching between government records and electoral registers is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-confirming-electors-through-data-matching</a></p><p>An evaluation report on the datamatching taking place this summer is due to be published in late autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:33:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

91354

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place a report in the Library every week of the number of voter registration requests made via the new online registration service in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	208873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2014 answer text <p>Data concerning the volumes of online and paper applications received, which can be interrogated by date, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/09/2014 10:30:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

91357

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landsbanki
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Treasury will limit the amount of compensation paid to UK Icesave customers.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	208878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>At the time of the collapse of Landsbanki and its UK branch, Icesave, customer deposits amounted to £4.5bn. Depositors were fully compensated at the time of the collapse by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and the Government. In return, the FSCS became a priority creditor in the Landsbanki estate, which is currently being wound down.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/09/2014 10:40:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

91358

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last reviewed the amount of compensation made available to Equitable Life policyholders and annuitants through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	208879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>The 2010 Spending Review allocated up to £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Government has no plans to review the level of funding available to the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 208880 question first answered 23/09/2014 10:51:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

91359

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances he would review the amount of compensation made available to Equitable Life policyholders through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	208880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>The 2010 Spending Review allocated up to £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Government has no plans to review the level of funding available to the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 208879 question first answered 23/09/2014 10:51:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

91361

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he used to calculate the amount of compensation issued to Equitable Life policyholders through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	208882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>In her report the Parliamentary Ombudsman was clear that the state of the public purse should be taken into account when deciding the level of funding available. The Government decided that £1.5billion was an appropriate level of funding for the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/09/2014 10:49:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

91365

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Funding for Lending Scheme on the lending market in (a) Southend and (b) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	209063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) provides funding to banks and building societies for an extended period, with both the price and quantity of funding provided linked to their lending performance. There is no mechanical link between funding drawn from the scheme and lending activity in any particular nation, region or city. The decision on where, how much and to whom to lend remains a commercial decision for the bank or building society concerned. More generally, the FLS has been successful in helping to reduce bank funding costs to historic lows; and in providing strong incentives for participants to make loans cheaper and more easily available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet with various stakeholders to discuss a broad range of issues. It is not appropriate to reveal the detail of these discussions or to release any information exchanged which may pertain to the FLS. Barclays participated in the first phase of the FLS, which ran until January 2014, but are not participating in the Scheme’s extension. Barclays’ FLS data is publically available on the Bank of England’s website: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/FLS/default.aspx</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 209064 209065 question first answered 23/09/2014 10:46:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

91366

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Barclays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution has been made by Barclays Bank to the Funding for Lending Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	209064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) provides funding to banks and building societies for an extended period, with both the price and quantity of funding provided linked to their lending performance. There is no mechanical link between funding drawn from the scheme and lending activity in any particular nation, region or city. The decision on where, how much and to whom to lend remains a commercial decision for the bank or building society concerned. More generally, the FLS has been successful in helping to reduce bank funding costs to historic lows; and in providing strong incentives for participants to make loans cheaper and more easily available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet with various stakeholders to discuss a broad range of issues. It is not appropriate to reveal the detail of these discussions or to release any information exchanged which may pertain to the FLS. Barclays participated in the first phase of the FLS, which ran until January 2014, but are not participating in the Scheme’s extension. Barclays’ FLS data is publically available on the Bank of England’s website: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/FLS/default.aspx</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 209063 209065 question first answered 23/09/2014 10:46:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

91368

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Barclays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had with Barclays Bank on the Funding for Lending Scheme; if he will place in the Library all material provided by (a) his Department to Barclays Bank and (b) Barclays Bank to his Department on that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	209065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2014 answer text <p>The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) provides funding to banks and building societies for an extended period, with both the price and quantity of funding provided linked to their lending performance. There is no mechanical link between funding drawn from the scheme and lending activity in any particular nation, region or city. The decision on where, how much and to whom to lend remains a commercial decision for the bank or building society concerned. More generally, the FLS has been successful in helping to reduce bank funding costs to historic lows; and in providing strong incentives for participants to make loans cheaper and more easily available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet with various stakeholders to discuss a broad range of issues. It is not appropriate to reveal the detail of these discussions or to release any information exchanged which may pertain to the FLS. Barclays participated in the first phase of the FLS, which ran until January 2014, but are not participating in the Scheme’s extension. Barclays’ FLS data is publically available on the Bank of England’s website: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/FLS/default.aspx</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 209063 209064 question first answered 23/09/2014 10:46:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess