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517924

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date	06/05/2016
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	Directors: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason Companies House publishes the month and year of birth of company directors.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36710
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

517925

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Shares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35753, how many and which companies have not confirmed to Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares; and what action he plans to take against such companies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As of 6 May 2016, 63 companies had not informed Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares.</p><p> </p><p>No action will be taken against these companies at the present time. There is no statutory obligation for any company that has converted bearer shares to registered shares to inform Companies House until it delivers its annual return or confirmation statement.</p><p> </p><p>I have requested the Registrar of Companies to write to the Hon Member with the list of the company names.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 15:58:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517926

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which foreign countries made requests to the UK to recover criminal assets they had identified as having been laundered in the UK in each year since 2009; and how much in criminal assets was recovered from the UK for each of those countries in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the countries and territories that have made requests to the UK for assistance in recovering criminal assets.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year Received</p></td><td><p>Requesting Country</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Iran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cyprus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Brazil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures only show countries where 6 or more requests have been made for restraint or confiscation. This is because disclosure of figures where 5 or fewer requests have been made may lead to the identification of an individual Mutual Legal Assistance request. Please note that these figures are taken from local management information, and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/05/2016 10:21:46 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517927

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35790, what data her Department holds on criminal assets abroad and whether such assets are recovered or not.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>As the Answer to Question 35790 set out, the Action Plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance states that there is no definitive measure of the scale of money laundering, but the best available international estimate, by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), of amounts laundered globally are equivalent to 2.7% of global GDP or US$1.6 trillion in 2009. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold data on criminal assets held abroad. Criminal assets recovered since 2009 under asset sharing arrangements were set out in the previous answer.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/05/2016 11:58:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517935

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Basic Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of enlisted soldiers attain (a) Level 1 and (b) Level 2 literacy and numeracy skills by the end of their third year of service.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	36709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Army has traditionally linked the recording and attainment of english and maths qualifications to the point at which an individual is ready for promotion to Corporal or Senior Non Commissioned Officer ranks, rather than as a factor of time. The growth in numbers of personnel joining the Army and pursuing an apprenticeship has changed this approach and simplified the measurement of attainment by time.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 August 2012 and 31 July 2015 1,028 soldiers gained both Level 1 functional skills (FS) english and maths qualifications; and a further 722 soldiers gained the comparable qualifications at Level 2. This represents 11.8% of those enlisting (14,816) during the same period. This does not include those who gained just a functional skill in english or a functional skill in maths qualification, nor those who already held english and maths qualification on enlistment.</p><p> </p><p>In total 23,699 FS (english and maths) qualifications at Level 1 and 2 were gained by Regular soldiers through apprenticeship and AEC provision in 2014-15. Of these 41% were at Level 1 and 59% at Level 2.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/05/2016 16:30:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

517936

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government plans to provide for the removal of asbestos in maintained schools that are to be converted into academies.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	36708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of asbestos in schools very seriously and is supporting those in schools and responsible bodies who have the legal responsibility for safely managing asbestos in their schools.</p><p>The Department provides funding to schools to help them keep their school buildings in a good state of repair. Between 2015 and 2018 this investment will total £4.2 billion and schools and responsible bodies are able to use this funding to remove asbestos where that is appropriate.</p><p>For maintained schools, the local authority as responsible body receives an annual allocation of capital funding to repair and upgrade existing buildings. Local authorities are expected to treat fairly those schools considering conversion to an academy and to honour any commitments of capital funding that they have made, in respect of building projects at those schools.</p><p>Following conversion, a school can be part of a larger multi-academy trust, a smaller multi-academy trust or a standalone academy. Larger multi-academy trusts (MATs) have access to annual formulaic school condition allocations (SCA), which they can pass on to their constituent schools to address any serious asbestos concerns. For stand-alone academies and academies in smaller multi academy trusts, funding is available through the condition improvement fund (CIF) where they bid for capital funding. As set out in the guidance for prospective bidders, the highest priority is given to health and safety issues due to the poor condition of buildings, including emergency asbestos removal.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/05/2016 16:09:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

517940

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Ragwort
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has withdrawn the Code of Practice on how to prevent the spread of ragwort; and what plans she has to consult with stakeholders and bring forward regulations under the Ragwort Control Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Code of Practice on How to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort is not being withdrawn. The Code will remain available on the GOV.UK website and all interested parties will be consulted if any changes are made in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 16:01:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

517942

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Islamic State: Yazidis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33790, if he will raise with the UK's European partners allowing Yazidi women in Iraq temporary residence in European countries to access medical and psychological support after rape and torture by Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	36741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>We remain extremely concerned by the barbarity and inhumanity which Daesh has shown towards all Iraq’s communities, and welcome European partners’ support to the humanitarian response</p><p>We understand the depth of feeling at the suffering which Yezidi women have experienced, and calls for them to be granted temporary residence. Our priority is providing assistance to Yezidi women, and other vulnerable Iraqis, within Iraq. We can help more people through providing aid in Iraq compared to bringing people to the UK. <br> <br>Through the Department for International Development we have committed £79.5 million to the humanitarian effort to help those who have fled Daesh’s brutality in Iraq. This support is reaching hundreds of thousands of people across the country, including the most vulnerable groups, which includes Yezidis. UK aid has provided medicine, emergency kits, psychological support, clean water and improved sanitation, shelter and cash assistance. The UK is the largest donor to the Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund. This is providing life-saving maternal and child health-care, child protection services, and specialised support for escapees of Daesh terror. <br> <br>All UK-funded aid is distributed on the basis of need, regardless of race, religion and ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/05/2016 14:59:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

517946

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in a high-risk group for contracting HIV.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	36734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The PROUD trial was launched in 2012, coordinated by the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit and Public Health England (PHE). The number of people enrolled in the trial, was 544.</p><p>Based on evidence from the PROUD study, PHE has made an assessment that of the 100,000 men who have sex with men who attend genito-urinary medicine clinics annually, 8,000 can be identified as being at ‘high-risk’.</p><p>The Department has not yet made its own assessment.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 36733 question first answered 11/05/2016 15:18:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

517948

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were enrolled on the PROUD trial.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	36733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The PROUD trial was launched in 2012, coordinated by the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit and Public Health England (PHE). The number of people enrolled in the trial, was 544.</p><p>Based on evidence from the PROUD study, PHE has made an assessment that of the 100,000 men who have sex with men who attend genito-urinary medicine clinics annually, 8,000 can be identified as being at ‘high-risk’.</p><p>The Department has not yet made its own assessment.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 36734 question first answered 11/05/2016 15:18:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West