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425595

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2015 to Question 10237, when he expects to publish proposals for the future of the National Debt Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	14565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to my Answer of 17 September 2015. Work is on-going on the possible application to the court for directions on the future of the National Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. I am also continuing to consider other options. I will update my Hon. Friend as soon as I can.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/11/2015 12:18:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

425600

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Rio Tinto Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UKTI has provided to Rio Tinto in locations where Rio Tinto invests or plans to invest.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	14508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) mining sector team has regular and ongoing engagement with Rio Tinto both in market and in the UK as we seek to realise economic benefit for the UK through the involvement of the UK’s mining supply chain in Rio Tinto’s projects.</p><p>Rio Tinto closed its Lynemouth Aluminium facility in 2013. That same year UKTI was part of a Rapid Response taskforce (which included local Economic Development organisations and Rio Tinto), to explore redeployment and site re-marketing options.</p><p>UKTI support included:</p><p>- an audit of the unique characteristics and selling points of the site to determine the sectoral focus of Rio Tinto’s site marketing activity to potential investors.</p><p>- research to assess from where the strongest investor interest was likely to come from.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 14507 question first answered 02/12/2015 09:50:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

425601

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to higher education institutions to increase the number of post-doctoral positions offered; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of sustaining a strong research community across the UK. In allocating Science and Research funding, the Government asks the Research Councils, Higher Education Funding Council for England, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society to ensure that they are “maintaining a substantial flow of new researchers and high level skills”. Research Councils support 14,000 research staff and fellows, including 10,000 university researchers, many of whom are in early research careers. The National Academies provide over 690 early career research fellowships.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/11/2015 17:10:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425602

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Retail Trade: Sustainable Development
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 encourage retailers to source their products from ethical and sustainable sources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department encourages more responsible supply chain management by businesses, including retailers, by requiring companies to be more transparent about their business operations. UK listed companies are required to report on social and environmental matters where necessary for an understanding of their business.</p><p>More widely, the Government supports the Ethical Trading Initiative which helps member companies realise their commitment to continuous improvement in ethical sourcing.</p><p>We are also providing £18 million over six years to help Fairtrade International have a greater impact in their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system.</p><p>The Government also supports work by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on voluntary agreements such as the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan which encourages sustainability of clothing across the product life cycle including, for example, use of lower impact fibres. In addition, Government co-ordinates work on the UK statement on the sustainable production of palm oil, working with retailers and others towards achieving 100% sourcing of credibly certified sustainable palm oil in the UK.</p><p>In October the transparency in supply chains provision (section 54) of the Modern Slavery Act came into force.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/11/2015 15:01:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425607

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the suicide rate was for young men in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	14567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/11/2015 11:01:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 09112015 PQ14567.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Suicide Rate
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

425608

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is expected to be allocated to Northern Ireland under the National Infrastructure pipeline in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	14574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be obtained from “National Infrastructure Pipeline”, published in July 2015 and is available here:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/11/2015 11:54:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

425611

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that any agreement on a central registry of beneficial ownership in the British Virgin Islands will include access for the public with legitimate reason, in line with the Fourth EU Anti Money Laundering Directive.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	14573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my hon. Friend, the Member for South West Hertfordshire (David Gauke MP), gave on 16 October 2015 (PQ10437, PQ10438 and PQ10448), which sets out the criteria we expect the Overseas Territories to meet in relation to their central register of company beneficial ownership, or similarly effective system.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 11/11/2015 14:33:06 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

425612

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mersey Gateway Project
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects there to be an announcement on the extension of the Mersey Gateway free travel scheme to residents and businesses in Cheshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	14554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>As announced at the Summer Budget, we have asked the Department for Transport to look at extending the Mersey Gateway local discount scheme to residents of Chester West &amp; Chester and Warrington, as well as looking at help for small businesses. This work is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 14501 14502 question first answered 11/11/2015 11:52:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

425613

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax returns have been filed after the deadline in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	14642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by HM Revenue and Customs.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2015 11:43:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

425615

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Shares for Rights scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	14471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of employers offering employee shareholder shares to their employees.</p><br /><p>Employee shareholder status has been carefully designed as light touch and accessible, and to conduct an assessment of the policy effectiveness would require detailed information gathering from businesses and employees. There is no requirement on any company wishing to offer an employee shareholder contract to contact or notify any Government department or agency in advance or ‘apply’ to Government if they intend to use this measure<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/11/2015 16:08:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh