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174645

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218070, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in shoplifting between 2010 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has not made any formal assessment of these figures. However the figures provided in the response to Question 218070 showing an increase in charges are consistent with Home Office statistics for the number of shoplifting offences recorded by the police. These were given in a written answer (218106) provided to the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on the 15<sup>th</sup> December 2014, which is published at;</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=218106" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=218106</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/01/2015 13:26:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174646

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of the Law Officers Departments' executive board were educated at (a) private and (b) state school.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/01/2015 14:24:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174647

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will undertake a review of the use of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme in response to the review announced by the Royal Bank of Scotland of its own practices relating to that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	221411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 January 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-15/220931/" target="_blank">220931</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 15:13:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

174649

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what factors the Insolvency Service takes into account when reviewing the fees it charges.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service sets its fees in accordance with HM Treasury’s ‘Managing Public Money’ principles which require that the standard approach is to set charges to recover the full costs of dealing with the cases it administers. The costs which must be taken into account are set out in the Managing Public Money Guidance published by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The intention with insolvency fees is to ensure that those who benefit from the insolvency regime should be the ones to fund it, so that an efficient and fair insolvency regime can be provided. When reviewing fees, Ministers consider the impact of any changes on the different interests that might be affected through an Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/01/2015 10:38:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

174650

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how regularly the Insolvency Service reviews its fees.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service reviews its fees and charges annually. The Insolvency Service is required to set fees to ensure full cost recovery. The last fee increases were made in April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/01/2015 10:37:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

174651

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Employment: Huddersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to create jobs in Huddersfield.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Huddersfield benefits from the significant investment Government is making across Leeds City Region through their £573m Growth Deal, which will deliver at least 8,000 jobs and allow 1,000 new homes to be built by 2021. In particular, Huddersfield will benefit from an Advanced (Process) Manufacturing and Research Hub at Kirklees College which will be delivered as part of the Local Enterprise Partnership’s Skills Capital programme. The Government has committed a further £1bn to Growth Deals and will announce an extension to Leeds City Region Growth Deal shortly.</p><p><br>Huddersfield businesses have attracted £5.9m of Regional Growth Funding for 4 projects which are expected to create or safeguard 297 jobs and bring £21.4m of private investment to the area. Huddersfield and Kirklees businesses are also creating new jobs with the help of the Regional Growth Fund-supported Leeds City Region Business Grant programme. This programme is being boosted by the Growth Deal which will enable companies to access these grants for a further 3 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/01/2015 12:04:21 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

174653

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Land: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of land was registered in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below. Data for Wales has only been collected since September 2005. In addition, total area figures shown for 2006 and 2007 are lower than the rest and this is due to an issue encountered with the Powys Administrative Area where the data was not being stored. The remaining years are correctly shown and include Powys.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total area, ha</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Registered freehold, ha</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not registered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - Sep 2005</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>879,153</p></td><td><p>41.42%</p></td><td><p>58.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2006*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,602,838</p></td><td><p>789,231</p></td><td><p>49.24%</p></td><td><p>50.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2007*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,602,838</p></td><td><p>874,775</p></td><td><p>54.58%</p></td><td><p>45.42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2008</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,229,649</p></td><td><p>57.94%</p></td><td><p>42.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,329,394</p></td><td><p>62.63%</p></td><td><p>37.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,418,316</p></td><td><p>66.82%</p></td><td><p>33.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,494,752</p></td><td><p>70.43%</p></td><td><p>29.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,541,732</p></td><td><p>72.64%</p></td><td><p>27.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,591,521</p></td><td><p>74.99%</p></td><td><p>25.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,653,802</p></td><td><p>77.92%</p></td><td><p>22.08%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures do not include Powys</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 15:03:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174655

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Fossil Fuels: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much research and development funding has been directed towards the oil and gas sector since 2010; and what proportion that is of all UK research and development funding in that period.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	221347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics for expenditure on research and development performed in business enterprises (BERD) can be found here: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_385959.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_385959.pdf</a>.</p><p>Relevant data extracted from this report on expenditure on R&amp;D performed in the extractive industries product group over 2010 - 2013 is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BERD expenditure on R&amp;D in extractive industries</p><p>product group (£m)</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total BERD expenditure on R&amp;D in extractive industries</p><p>product group</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:53:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

174660

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that MyCSP tackles the reported backlog of problems and queries from individuals, and to ensure that payments to pensioners or their dependents will still be made promptly.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	221438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>MyCSP took on responsibility for the administration of the pensioner payroll from the previous supplier in September 2014 and inherited an unexpectedly large backlog of work, as well as long-standing legacy problems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This caused a temporary dip in performance and some pension payments have been delayed as a result. Cabinet Office is working to support MyCSP. They plan to clear the high priority backlog and restore service levels before the end of February and clear the remaining lower priority backlog by early March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MyCSP staff are working weekends and have also put in place additional resource to deal with the backlog as quickly as possible. Cases are being prioritised by last day of service to minimise the number of missed payments, and wherever possible interim payments are being made to avoid hardship to pensioners. MyCSP are committed to providing high quality service to retired civil servants with prompt payments and high levels of customer service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MyCSP's transformation has improved productivity by 15% year-on-year since 2012, driven down staff absenteeism and improved staff engagement. It is enabling it to deliver a wider range of services (including on-line services) to higher standards whilst almost halving the cost of pensions administration within 10 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 27/01/2015 17:52:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

174664

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Rhyl
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising from the closure of HM Revenue and Customs facilities in Rhyl.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Although as part of a national initiative, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ceased its Enquiry Centre operation in Llys Anwyl, Rhyl in June 2014, there is still a current requirement to house the Department’s Executive Agency (the Valuation Office Agency) staff here. The building is still held by HMRC and the department has not yet agreed the surrender of the Enquiry Centre space.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/01/2015 16:53:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane