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539479

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers referred a criminal sentence to the Court for Appeal for review on the grounds that it was unduly harsh in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	43056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the Attorney General’s Office can ask the Court of Appeal to review a sentence which is considered to be unduly lenient, the Law Officers have no power to intervene when a sentence is too harsh. Therefore there have been no referrals to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that a sentence was unduly harsh.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/07/2016 10:43:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

539480

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths have been caused by air pollution in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	43043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 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 Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/07/2016 14:34:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to 43043.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Air Pollution
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

539486

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what severance pay has been granted to the special advisers that left his Department in the last week.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Severance payments are in the process of being calculated. Details of the costs will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/07/2016 10:02:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539487

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Eric Pickles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar has retained his role as the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	43068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister will consider all such appointments, including that of the anti-corruption champion, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/07/2016 08:57:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

539488

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure and Projects Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2016 to Question 42548, what the cost to the public purse is of employing the 37 people referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Having re-reviewed the numbers and status of the FTA I can confirm that 28 people in IPA are employed through Fixed Term Appointments (we have now removed people who have since moved on either due to their appointment coming to an end or moving to other roles either within Cabinet Office or across wider government).</p><p>These members of staff cost £1,937,818 annually out of an overall IPA budget of £14,463,994.</p><p>To put this in context IPA oversees projects with whole life costs of well over £500bn.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/07/2016 10:05:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539489

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2016 to Question 42551, if he will take steps to improve take-up of the Accelerate programme by disabled members of staff.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>If the Accelerate programme runs in future years, then the Cabinet Office will promote take-up of the programme through the intranet and will support disabled applicants through the Cabinet Office Disability Network.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/07/2016 10:01:20 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539493

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue was received by the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Financial Services Authority from fees and levies payable by regulated firms in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	43168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The questions on Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Services Authority fees and levies are both a matter for the FCA, who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p>The questions have been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the Honorable Member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 26/07/2016 10:05:04 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

539494

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to devolve the setting of VAT rates to the Scottish Parliament after the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	43166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>In line with the all-party Smith Commission, the UK and Scottish Governments have agreed that receipts from the first 10p of the standard rate of VAT and the first 2.5p of the reduced rate of VAT in Scotland will be assigned to the Scottish Government from 2019-20. The UK Government is getting on with implementing that agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2016 11:02:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

539495

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Double Taxation: Malawi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will use the UN Model Double Taxation Convention 2011 as the template when renewing the UK tax treaty with Malawi.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	43133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The tax treaty with Malawi has been renegotiated, though signature has been delayed by a number of factors. Although the UK’s starting point in negotiations is based closely on the OECD model double taxation convention, the Government recognises that developing countries may have a preference for some of the provisions of the UN model. Treaties the UK has recently signed demonstrate that we are willing to accommodate some of those preferences as part of a balanced agreement.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/07/2016 07:56:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

539496

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all heated tobacco-based products are subject to the same excise rates.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	42954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>As announced at Budget 2016, the government will consult on the duty treatment of heated tobacco products later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Heated tobacco products are a recent innovation in the tobacco market and are not directly captured by current legislation, though the tobacco they contain is subject to excise duty under current legislation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/07/2016 07:57:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma