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450173

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date	03/02/2016
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	Minimum Wage
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 he has made of the effects of confidentiality agreements between employers not paying the national minimum wage and their employees challenging that non-payment on the numbers of people coming forward to make a complaint to ACAS.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25610 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450174

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Minimum Wage
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 calls were made to (a) the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and (b) ACAS reporting non-payment of the National Minimum Wage by sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25608 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450175

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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: Telephone Services
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 he has made of the reasons for the reduction in numbers of complaints made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of complaints made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline since 2010.</p><p>Since 1 April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. No formal assessment has been made at this time of the outcomes for workers, but we continue to work closely with Acas and four enforcement bodies to ensure the service is bedding in effectively and delivering the right outcomes for the public.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/02/2016 15:06:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450180

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Basic Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24355, whether his Department has carried out any feasibility studies or other assessments of basic income or similar schemes since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 1 February 2016, reference 24355.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/02/2016 14:34:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

450181

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to accept the invitation from the European Parliament's Special Committee on Tax Rulings to meet it to discuss how to ensure a fair corporate tax regime in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>On behalf of the Chancellor and as Minister responsible for tax policy, I met with delegates of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Tax Rulings when they visited London on 18 June 2015, to explain the UK position that tax policy is a matter for national governments, and to provide information on the international and domestic action taken by this Government to counter tax evasion and avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor will consider any formal requests to meet the Committee in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/02/2016 13:21:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

450188

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Care Workers: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2015 to Question 224081, on social services: pay, whether HM Revenue and Customs has completed its investigations into the six social care companies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has investigated over 400 care sector employers involving 330 complaints from workers and 79 targeted using our risking tools. Non-compliance has been found in about a third of completed investigations, identifying over £436,000 arrears for nearly 3,000 care workers. HMRC's investigations have assured the working practices of the social care providers who employ almost 20% of the total workforce in that sector.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not completed all the investigations into the six social care companies. The Department does not discuss the results of specific investigations for reasons of confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/03/2016 15:31:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450190

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Aerials: Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the benefits of granting permitted development rights to mobile network masts up to 50 metres in height in non-protected areas.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	25671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The review of how the planning system in England can further support the delivery of mobile connectivity sought views on the planning changes made in 2013 including 4G deployment and the case for taller ground based masts. The outcome will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 25672 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:23:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

450191

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Aerials: Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in 2013 to permitted development rights on the roll-out of 4G mobile services; and what assessment he has made of the potential for reforms to lead to greater roll-out of 4G mobile services.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	25672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The review of how the planning system in England can further support the delivery of mobile connectivity sought views on the planning changes made in 2013 including 4G deployment and the case for taller ground based masts. The outcome will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 25671 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:23:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

450192

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	MG Alba: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 19385, for what reasons his Department does not plan to pay another grant to MG Alba.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	25572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>This information can be found in the 2015 Information Security Breaches Survey [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-security-breaches-survey-2015" target="_blank">Link</a>]. The Government’s National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) aims to tackle cyber crime and make the UK the safest place in the world to do business in the world. This includes the Cyber Essentials Scheme to protect businesses against common cyber threats and the cyber streetwise campaign which offers simple cyber security advice to small businesses and consumers. In addition to the £860 million investment under the NCSP between 2011-2016, in November 2015 the Chancellor announced a new five year £1.9 billion investment in cyber security to make the UK one of the best protected countries in cyber space.</p><p>All Government departments must adhere to the Government’s Security Policy Framework and are required to report, manage and recover from information risk incidents, including losses of protected personal data and ICT security incidents.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2016 10:50:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

450194

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the reformed Electronic Communications Code.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	25670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering a reformed Electronic Communications Code that is clear, fit for purpose, and supports network coverage which provides consumers with a choice of high quality telecommunications services. We are considering the interests of all stakeholders. We will update Parliament on plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2016 11:38:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne