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174645

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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

174657

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	Higher Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for (a) University Centre Shrewsbury and (b) other new universities.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	221294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>Ministershave discussed projects that Local Enterprise Partnerships have submitted for the £1 billion expansion of Growth Deals announced at Autumn Statement, including the proposal for the Marches LEP for the University Centre Shrewsbury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with my hon. Friend and the Leader of Shropshire Council, when I visited Harper Adams University, Shropshire, earlier this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/02/2015 11:50:11 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

174658

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	Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the economic benefit of universities to the region in which they are located.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	221295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England published data on their website in October last year which explores the link between economic growth and higher education provision. This includes information on employment levels, higher education qualifications and graduate mobility. Universities UK have also produced a series of reports which examine the higher education sector’s contribution to the UK economy (“The impact of universities on the UK economy), with the most recent publication in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/02/2015 11:17:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

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

174662

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the final recipient of Restoration Lump Sum was (a) private companies or (b) the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	221386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The British Coal Corporation operated a practice whereby it retained a portion of sums payable to those private sector firms it contracted to operate surface mining sites on its behalf. On a site by site basis, those formed lump sums which were progressively paid to the contractor for the purposes of funding restoration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:09:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

174663

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls to HM Revenue and Customs helplines from numbers in (a) England and (b) the Bedford 01234 area were answered in (i) less than two minutes, (ii) between two and five minutes, (iii) between six and 10 minutes, (iv) between 10 and 20 minutes, (v) between 20 and 30 minutes, (vi) between 30 and 45 minutes, (vii) between 45 minutes and one hour, (viii) more than an hour after the start of the call in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	221351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/01/2015 17:09:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

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

174665

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	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
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 personal allowance increases on those in work.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	221327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has announced successive above inflation increases in the personal allowance this parliament, rising from £6,475 to £10,600 in April 2015 (an increase of 64%).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increases in the personal allowance since 2010 will reduce income tax paid by typical basic rate taxpayers by £825.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These increases will also reduce income tax paid by someone working full time on the National Minimum Wage by £618.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date (2014-2015) the increases have benefitted 26 million individuals.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/01/2015 16:45:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

174666

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	Business: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress the Government has made on supporting businesses.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	221326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides support to businesses across a wide variety of policy areas, and progress continues to be made across each of these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through industrial strategy, the whole of government is taking a long-term strategic approach to working in partnership with businesses to increase global competitiveness, support innovation and maximise export potential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>99.9% of UK businesses are small and medium sized businesses so we are taking specific steps to help them, and they are reaping the benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The right tax environment is vital to help businesses flourish so we have cut the main rate of Corporation Tax from 28% to 21% and announced further cuts to 20% by 2015 – the joint lowest rate in the G20 major economies. We have also helped businesses with the cost of hiring staff by introducing a new Employer Allowance which cuts £2,000 from the National Insurance bills of small firms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More businesses are getting access to the finance they need to start up and grow with Start-Up Loans offered to over 25,000 businesses; so far lending over £129 million. The British Business Bank has facilitated £890m of new lending and investment to over 21,000 small businesses in the year to the end of September 2014. And we have facilitated over £1.67 billion of lending to over 16,000 small businesses since May 2010, through our Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have brought together all Government advice and support in one place at GREATbusiness.gov.uk, where the ‘My Business Support Tool’ helps businesses find the support they need quickly, and businesses can speak to or webchat with a helpline adviser direct using the Business Support helpline. Businesses can also access our new Business Growth Service on the website, which brings together expert advice to improve and grow in one place, including GrowthAccelerator, the Manufacturing Advisory Service, and export advice and finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Small businesses have less regulation to follow with a £10 billion cumulative net saving to businesses as a result of our deregulation work. Through the Red Tape Challenge, we have reviewed over 5,600 regulations and identified 3,000 to scrap or improve. We are on track to surpass our target of saving business £850 million per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, around 48,000 businesses have been helped by our UK Trade and Investment support – of which 90% were small businesses. This support helped generate additional sales of over £49 billion and created or safeguarded over 220,000 jobs over the last year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/01/2015 15:20:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

174668

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	Rangers Football Club
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to pursue a claim for costs against Rangers Football Club.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Mr Brian H. Donohoe
uin	221441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested was not held within the Department in the form requested. A number of parties were involved in litigation and it was not possible to extract costs relating to an individual party without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 221440 question first answered 29/01/2015 17:04:38 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	586 label Biography information for Mr Brian H. Donohoe