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93751

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date	16/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men, (b) women, (c) people of an ethnic minority and (d) disabled candidates have been appointed to the boards of public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments publishes statistics annually. The latest figures for 2013-14 can be found at <a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk</a></p><p>Since 2013, the Government has published details on the gender of public appointments at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/10/2014 15:38:47 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93752

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in employment in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 who will not earn enough to pay any income tax in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Scotland, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) each English region respectively; and how many such people (A) are men, (B) are women and (C) have dependant children.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Estimates are provided in the table attached for the latest year available, which is the tax year 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of individuals in employment (including self-employment) paying no income tax by regions, gender and individuals with dependent children (,000).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are derived from the results of the 2012-13 Family Resources Survey (FRS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/10/2014 15:04:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke attachment 1 file name Doc1.docx title income tax payments
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93754

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 reports he has received of problems experienced by hon. Members using the dedicated MP tax credit hotline; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) acknowledges that there have been some recent telephony issues which have affected the service provided via their dedicated MP Hotline. HMRC have taken steps to resolve the issue and the MP Hotline facility is now fully operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:47:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

93755

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Pensions Technical Group and Income Tax Technical Group established to examine issues arising from the introduction of a Scottish rate of income tax have completed their work.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The advisory groups set up by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to examine issues from the introduction of the Scottish rate of income tax have completed their work. The Government’s proposals for the detailed consequential changes needed to implement the Scottish Rate of Income Tax were set out in the Technical Note published by HMRC in May 2012. In December 2013 HMRC announced arrangements to ensure that from 2016 Scottish taxpayers will receive the appropriate tax relief on their pension contributions to relief at source schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:46:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

93756

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests the Scottish Government has made using the powers of Part 3 of the Scotland Act 2012 for the addition of new devolved taxes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Scottish Government has not made any requests to create new devolved taxes under this power.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:51:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

93757

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on the Scottish rate of income tax project.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the answer that I gave her on 13 June 2013 (OR,WA, COL: 390W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 10:01:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

93765

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any sales of equipment to the Colombian armed forces by any British company resulted from the conference aboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena in January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	210858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>These events are to showcase British industry and provide the Colombian Ministry of Defence (MOD) with an opportunity to understand the wide range of equipment on offer. Although there have currently been no sales of equipment to Colombia directly attributable to the talks held on board HMS RICHMOND, important commercial links have been established and developed between the Colombian MOD and British companies, and we continue this relationship building, in line with our defence engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/10/2014 16:33:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

93785

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the tented camp used by HM Forces at Kandahar; and whether Agility and any other organisation involved in the disposal of the camp have been instructed to considered urgent humanitarian requirements for such a camp.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	210893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Agility operates on behalf of the Defence Disposal Services Authority and is charged with securing the best value for money for items that our redeployment process has determined should be disposed of in theatre. It is for Agility to make subsequent arrangements, in line with this objective.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:22 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 23528 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

93790

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students that completed further education in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England went on to (i) university, (ii) a full-time job and (iii) an apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Destination measures were produced for students who entered an A level or other Level 3 qualification in June 2014 for the 2010/11 cohort, showing their destinations in 2011/12. This was the first time that the data had been compiled separately for Further Education (FE) students – those in FE colleges, sixth form colleges and FE providers – and those in school sixth forms</p><p>The table below shows data for England and Nottinghamshire local authority (LA) for FE students. Separate figures for full-time employment are not available. No figures are available for Ashfield constituency as it has no relevant FE or sixth form colleges.</p><p>The tables, which include comparable data for school sixth forms, are published online:</p><p><a href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210953-%20Gloria%20De%20Piero/Draft/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>The figures for 2011/12 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Destination Measures for key stage 5: 2010/11 cohort<sup>1</sup> from further education going into a 2011/12 destination.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>% going into a sustained<sup>2 </sup>destination</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Number<sup>3</sup> of further education<sup>4</sup> students</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Employment and/or training<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Higher<sup>6</sup> education</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Apprenticeships</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>170,910</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National Pupil Database</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Footnotes</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>All students who entered an A Level or other Level 3 qualification. This includes all level 3 qualifications i.e. general or applied A levels, AS examinations or other level 3 qualifications. These students are mostly academic age 17. There is also a number of students of academic age 16 and 18 in the cohort.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Sustained participation for the first two terms, October to March.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Number of students rounded to the nearest 10.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Further education includes students from further education colleges, sixth form colleges and other further education providers; it excludes school sixth forms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>This includes all young people who were recorded as having been in employment and/or training for at least 5 months for the sustained period, October to March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Higher Education includes students at higher education institutions or undertaking higher education provision at a further education college</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/10/2014 16:16:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 23527 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93791

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	IGCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who have A* to C grades in unregulated English and mathematics IGCSEs will be required to study for GCSEs in those subjects as a condition of receiving funding for a post-16 course.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
uin	210942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Students on post-16 courses who hold an unregulated IGCSE qualification at Grade C or above will not be required to study maths and English GCSE in 2014/15 or 2015/16. No decision has been made in relation to students who sit the first new GCSEs in summer 2017 and enter post-16 education that September. An announcement will be made before September 2015 when the new GCSEs in maths and English are first taught.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/10/2014 12:30:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 23525 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart