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681147

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The pay range for directly employed London cleaning staff is £20,188 - £24,430 per annum.</p><p>The rate of pay per hour for cleaning staff employed by our Facilities Management contractors ranges from £6.80 to £9.40 for those aged under 21 and from £7.20 to £9.40 for those aged 21 and over, depending on the contract of the employee.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 07/02/2017 10:11:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681148

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any cyber attacks have been carried out on the UK which had the potential to affect its democratic processes.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	62244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The first duty of Government is to safeguard the nation, and we treat cyber security extremely seriously.</p><p>Our system of paper balloting and hand counting means UK voting mechanisms do not lend themselves to direct electronic manipulation.</p><p>The new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers UK organisations, including political parties, access to the best cyber security advice and support to help them meet their responsibility to protect their information and prevent cyber attacks from all possible threats.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 07/02/2017 10:20:20 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

681149

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking beyond those outlined in the Cyber Security Strategy of November 2016 to defend the UK from cyber attacks from abroad.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	62245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of ambitious steps to deliver the new National Cyber Security Strategy. This is supported by an increased, transformational investment of £1.9bn across a five year spending period.</p><p> </p><p>A significant recent success was the launch of the National Cyber Security Centre. The Centre is working to deliver the National Cyber Security Strategy, to improve the UK’s ability to respond to major cyber incidents, provide expert guidance on cyber security and push technological innovation for better, more automatic large-scale cyber security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/02/2017 11:32:24 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

681150

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Papers and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Ms Gisela Stuart
uin	62280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not currently have plans to publish additional documents for this purpose. ‎The Treasury will notify Parliament of any documents it does bring forward in the normal ways. We continue to make progress in preparing for the UK’s exit from the EU and ensuring we get the best deal for the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/02/2017 15:00:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	296 label Biography information for Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

681151

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The cleaning service at HM Treasury is provided through a service contract, let by the landlord for 1 Horse Guards Road (Exchequer Partnership). HM Treasury does not directly employ cleaners.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 07/02/2017 10:18:06 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681152

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received income tax exemption for junior individual savings account savings in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62205 62206 62207 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681158

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for farming etc. averaging of profits in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of taxpayers claiming averaging adjustment (for farmers, market gardeners and creators of literary or artistic works) in 2013-14 and 2014-15 were 19,600 and 19,500 (rounded to the nearest 100) respectively.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/02/2017 10:23:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681159

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Markets: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for post-trading expenditure in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of taxpayers claiming income tax relief for post-trading expenditure in 2013-14 and 2014-15 were 1,900 and 1,700 respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/02/2017 10:20:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681160

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Insurance: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for life insurance premiums for contracts made prior to 14 March 1984 in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62206 62207 62208 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681161

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received blind person's allowance for income tax in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 49,000 people received Blind Persons Allowance in 2013-14 and it is projected that 48,600 people received it in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2013-14 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2014-15 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2016 economic and fiscal outlook.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/02/2017 10:22:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey