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168136

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while (a) disqualified from driving and (b) uninsured in each police force area in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the total number of people prosecuted for driving whilst disqualified or driving whilst uninsured. To obtain details of the number of defendants prosecuted for these offences, would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Driving motor vehicles while uninsured are specified proceedings. These are offences that are prosecuted by the police rather than the CPS in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered or when the defendant is charged with other associated offences such as driving with excess alcohol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/12/2014 12:53:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168140

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
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 potential effects of planned changes in EU VAT on digital sales on the level of exporting to other EU member states by small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my reply to his question number 217568 - PQN/14-15/2014/06232</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/12/2014 13:21:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

168167

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	217494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Plan 2014 provides details of over £460 billion of planned public and private investment to 2020 and beyond. This includes £15 billion of investment on over 100 strategic road schemes, and £2.3 billion of investment in over 1400 flood defence schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 10/12/2014 16:31:26 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

168170

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
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 potential effect on small businesses of proposed changes to EU VAT rules for digital sales.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Businesses that supply digital services to consumers in other Member States are covered by the new VAT rules. However, there are a number of supporting measures to mitigate the impact on small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will allow businesses below the VAT registration threshold to register for VAT in respect of their cross border sales only. This means these businesses can use the on-line Mini One Stop Shop, which removes the burden of registering for VAT in other Member States, whilst also retaining the benefit of the national VAT threshold for their domestic sales. Small businesses that sell through a digital platform will not have to register for VAT because the operator of the marketplace has the responsibility to account for the VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also provided extensive guidance to support businesses, including organising a Twitter Clinic and publishing answers to the main questions and is engaging with Enterprise Nation about the concerns of micro businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Introducing a cross-border threshold for digital sales is not permitted under European Law. This would require a change in EU law agreed by all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 217567 217570 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:16:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

168171

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that small businesses are not adversely affected by the implementation of new EU VAT rules for digital sales.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Businesses that supply digital services to consumers in other Member States are covered by the new VAT rules. However, there are a number of supporting measures to mitigate the impact on small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will allow businesses below the VAT registration threshold to register for VAT in respect of their cross border sales only. This means these businesses can use the on-line Mini One Stop Shop, which removes the burden of registering for VAT in other Member States, whilst also retaining the benefit of the national VAT threshold for their domestic sales. Small businesses that sell through a digital platform will not have to register for VAT because the operator of the marketplace has the responsibility to account for the VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also provided extensive guidance to support businesses, including organising a Twitter Clinic and publishing answers to the main questions and is engaging with Enterprise Nation about the concerns of micro businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Introducing a cross-border threshold for digital sales is not permitted under European Law. This would require a change in EU law agreed by all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 217568 217570 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:16:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

168172

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give consideration to extending the current VAT threshold to digital sales across the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Businesses that supply digital services to consumers in other Member States are covered by the new VAT rules. However, there are a number of supporting measures to mitigate the impact on small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will allow businesses below the VAT registration threshold to register for VAT in respect of their cross border sales only. This means these businesses can use the on-line Mini One Stop Shop, which removes the burden of registering for VAT in other Member States, whilst also retaining the benefit of the national VAT threshold for their domestic sales. Small businesses that sell through a digital platform will not have to register for VAT because the operator of the marketplace has the responsibility to account for the VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also provided extensive guidance to support businesses, including organising a Twitter Clinic and publishing answers to the main questions and is engaging with Enterprise Nation about the concerns of micro businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Introducing a cross-border threshold for digital sales is not permitted under European Law. This would require a change in EU law agreed by all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 217567 217568 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:16:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

168188

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Building Alterations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether front and side extensions are subject to the same neighbouring amenity rules as rear extensions under the General Permitted Development Order 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	217524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The provisions in the 2013 Order only apply to rear extensions. The details can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1101/article/4./made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1101/article/4./made</a></p><p> </p><p>My Department’s guide on permitted development rights for householders was last updated in April 2014 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/100806_PDforhouseholders_TechnicalGuidance.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/100806_PDforhouseholders_TechnicalGuidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/12/2014 15:47:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

168232

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the UK plans to sign the International Convention for the Protection of all persons from Enforced Disappearances (2006).
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK already has a strong framework that protects human rights and protects against arbitrary arrest, as set out in the UK’s Mid Term Report under the Universal Periodic Review submitted in August 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a party to a number of United Nations human rights treaties. Before ratifying a treaty, the UK Government carries out an evaluation of the legislative and administrative changes that adherence would entail.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently co-ordinating an evaluation of the United Nations International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED). We will provide further details on this evaluation in the next UK report under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review in 2016, or in an earlier vehicle if possible.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant section of the UK’s Mid Term Report can be found at pages 24-26 here: <a href="http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session13/GB/UKMidTermReport_Aug2014.doc" target="_blank">http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session13/GB/UKMidTermReport_Aug2014.doc</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/12/2014 16:22:29 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

168235

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 210492, when the documents mentioned will be ready for publication; and to what timescale such types of documents are normally made available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	217539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>As per the answer given to question 210492, the documents are being prepared for publication and will be published via the government’s transparency portal in the coming weeks. Further details on the Cabinet Office open data strategy, including commitments to publish such data can be found here: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Cabinet%20Office%20Open%20Data%20Strategy_10.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Cabinet%20Office%20Open%20Data%20Strategy_10.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/12/2014 16:18:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

168238

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2014 to the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead to Question 213345, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme construction work has (a) started and (b) been completed since October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 260 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).</p><p> </p><p>Under the Priority School Building Programme we have now signed construction contracts for 63 schools.</p><p> </p><p>8 schools have opened in new buildings since October 2014. This brings the total number of schools open in new buildings to 14. Construction work is continuing at a number of these schools to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/12/2014 12:11:34 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis