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386517

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies received support under the High Value Opportunities scheme in each month of the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	4988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In the 2014-15 financial year UK Trade and Investment supported 980 companies through the High Value Programme. Data is not recorded on a month by month basis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/07/2015 16:57:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

386518

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
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 he is taking to ensure that levels of business rates do not put the future of small businesses at risk.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	4994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has committed to completing a major review of business rates by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 announced a £1bn package of measures to reduce the burden of business rates, focussed on small businesses and retailers, including:</p><p>· extending the doubling of the Small Business Rate Relief until April 2016;</p><p>· continuing the 2% cap on the inflation-linked increase in the business rates multiplier until April 2016; and</p><p>· increasing the retail discount for shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants until April 2016</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/07/2015 13:32:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

386524

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to change the budget of the Single Intelligence Account in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	4781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The budget for the SIA in 2015-16 was set at the Spending Review of 2013. In November 2014, in his response to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, the Prime Minister announced an additional £130m over two years to address the increased threat of terrorism, including new funding to enhance our ability to monitor and disrupt self-starting terrorists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/07/2015 08:01:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

386527

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on extending the scope of value added tax.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	4851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has received representations welcoming the government’s commitment to bring forward legislation to ensure there are no rises in income tax rates, value added tax or National Insurance for the duration of the Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:10:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

386528

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance: Telephone Services
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 increase the number of staff employed to answer telephone national insurance enquiries during peak times in April and October each year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly deploys its staff to support increases in customer demand across all helplines, including national insurance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has allocated £45 million, supporting the recruitment of an additional 3,000 customer service staff to answer calls and deal with customer correspondence. HMRC is also temporarily moving around 2,000 additional people from other parts of HMRC into customer service roles to support the tax credits peak.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:06:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386529

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with the (a) Corporation of London and (b) FCA on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation and possible costs to the UK financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4891 4893 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386530

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of General Data Protection Regulation on the (a) UK economy and (b) UK financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	4891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency policy, meetings between ministers and external organisations are published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice published an Impact Assessment on the Commission’s original proposals for a General Data Protection Regulation on the 22nd November 2012. The Council of the European Union agreed on a general approach at Justice and Home Affairs Council on June 15 2015 after making many amendments to the text. The Government is currently evaluating the impact the Council’s text would have on the UK overall. The potential effect of specific elements of the text on a range of sectors, including the financial sector, will also be explored.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not issued any guidance to companies about the General Data Protection Regulation as the final text is still under negotiation. Once the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission are complete, the Information Commissioner’s Office will be considering what guidance may be necessary in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently exploring how it will need to implement the provisions in the General Data Protection Regulation requiring national legislation after the final text has been adopted. Negotiations on the Regulation remain ongoing. Once a final text is adopted, it will be a minimum of two years before it comes into force.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 4892 4893 4894 question first answered 08/07/2015 16:06:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

386532

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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 assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customers has not made any such assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department uses IVR (Interactive Voice Recognition) technology to undertake security checks with customers calling its helplines and also to ensure that callers are directed to an adviser who has the skills and knowledge to answer their query.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2015 16:19:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

386536

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for enabling people to claim the marriage allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	4733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance came into effect on April 6 2015. It allows a spouse or civil partner to transfer 10 per cent of their personal allowance to their partner, provided that neither of them pay tax at the higher or additional rate. Eligible couples have been able to register their interest in the allowance since 20 February 2015 through GOV.uk and are being invited by HMRC to complete the application process through an online platform. Eligible couples who have not been able to register for the Marriage Allowance online, will be able to apply for the service after the Summer and will receive the full financial benefit for the 15-16 tax year, regardless of when in the year they apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2015 16:23:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

386538

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mortgage holders over the age of 65 are not discriminated against.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	4991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The government is aware of recent reports that some older borrowers have encountered difficulties in getting a mortgage. While some lenders do have age limits in place beyond which they do not lend, this will not be the case for all lenders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for the rules that protect consumers taking out a mortgage. At the heart of their rules is a requirement that lenders should treat borrowers fairly. Following the introduction of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) in April last year, the FCA is continuing to review how their rules are being implemented to ensure that they are working as intended. The operation of the MMR and other mortgage lending rules is a matter for the FCA, whose day-to-day operations are independent from government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/07/2015 16:13:15 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby