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61574

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date	12/06/2014
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	Postal 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 discussions he has had with Royal Mail Group, Ofcom or officials or Ministers in other departments about invoking section 44(9) and section 44(10) of the Postal Services Act 2011 to ask Ofcom to report on the sustainability of the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	200467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Postal Services Act 2011, Parliament gave Ofcom the primary duty to secure the ongoing provision of the universal service and to this end Ofcom must also have regard for the provision of a universal service to be financially sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom monitors market developments, including any impacts on Royal Mail's performance and operational efficiency, and has the regulatory powers and tools to intervene if the sustainability of the universal service is ever at risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its monitoring regime, Ofcom publishes a report every year on Royal Mail's performance and the postal market, and this includes an update on the financial sustainability of the universal service. More information about Ofcom's regulatory regime can be found on its website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 17/06/2014 16:45:26 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

61578

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Apprentices: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the minimum rate of pay for apprentices from £2.68 per hour to £2.96 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	200564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to the National Minimum Wage set by the independent Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises the wages of the low paid without damaging their employment prospects by setting it too high.</p><p> </p><p>We ask the Low Pay Commission to consider the evidence and recommend the National Minimum Wage rates, to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has accepted an above inflation increase in the NMW including an increase in the apprentice rate from £2.68 to £2.73. The increase will come into effect on 1 October 2014 and will provide low paid workers with the biggest cash increase in their pay packets since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission has judged that a higher increase in the minimum wage would risk damaging employment prospects for the lowest paid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 17/06/2014 16:23:19 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61581

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>One Parliamentary Question, which was tabled the day before prorogation, did not receive a substantive answer</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/06/2014 16:26:38 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61583

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what visits (a) each of the Ministers in his Department, (b) the Prime Minister and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/06/2014 16:25:50 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61608

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Film: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the total amount paid out in film tax relief and (b) the resultant benefit to the UK economy as a result of such tax relief since 2007; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	200470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>HMRC data indicates that between January 2007 and March 2013, over 1,200 film productions have claimed £1.3bn of tax relief. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>According to the Office of National Statistics and the BFI, the film and video production industry generates around 46,000 jobs and film investment is over £1 billion a year.</strong></p><p><strong><br> To support this important sector the Government has modernised film tax relief and extended the relief to animation, high-end television and video games.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The BFI statistics for 2013 show that these reforms are working, with an increase in overall UK film investment, and that the new TV and animation tax reliefs have supported growth in production in the UK. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2014 16:44:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

61654

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2013, Official Report, column 940W, on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, whether UK personnel at Creech Airforce base will remain embedded following the cessation of NATO International Security Force missions in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	200599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>There are no longer any RAF personnel embedded with 432nd Wing of the US Air Force at Creech Airforce base.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/06/2014 16:03:07 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

61661

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received in support of his proposals to allow further delegation of children's social care functions in order to improve outcomes for children in receipt of child protection services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	200384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Responses to the consultation on further delegation of children's social care functions are currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/06/2014 16:32:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

61662

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to develop pilot projects of his proposals to allow further delegation of children's social care functions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	200385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Responses to the consultation on further delegation of children's social care functions are currently being considered. Local authorities will be able to apply to the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme for support to make use of any new freedoms introduced, and the impact of activities funded through the programme will be robustly evaluated.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/06/2014 16:31:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

61673

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on the need for additional gas storage in the UK of the statement on 16 May 2014 of the EU Energy Commissioner that the gas security of supply directive should be amended to increase the mimimum quantity of gas that member states are obliged to store.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	200618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Energy Commissioner's statement predates the EU Energy Security Strategy on 28 May 2014which sets out the position on this issue and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/security_of_supply_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/security_of_supply_en.htm</a>.</p><p>The EU Energy Security Strategy does not call for additional gas storage, nor minimum quantities of gas, to be held in storage by Member Storage. Rather, it proposes ‘stress tests' to security of supply shocks which could include, if necessary, increasing gas stocks in Europe amongst other measures.</p><p>We will engage with any stress test process and consider the implications for our approach to gas security arising from the results. It also sets out a wide range of other measures, highlighting that storage is only one aspect of gas security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/06/2014 16:02:55 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles

61674

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on the need for additional gas storage capacity in the UK of recent events involving Russia and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	200619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>We have no plans to reassess the need for additional gas storage capacity in the UK in the light of events between Russia and Ukraine. The Department commissioned from Redpoint Energy analysis on the case for Government support for additional gas storage in the UK, which was published in September 2013. This cost-benefit analysis did not support intervention to deliver additional gas storage capacity due to a combination of low risk, poor rates of return for the taxpayer, and the risk of unintended consequences within the market.</p><p>Disputes between Russia and Ukraine affecting gas supply to Europe do not change this stance. Previous analysis has demonstrated that the UK gas market is resilient to all but the most unlikely combination of high-demand conditions and supply disruption. The UK has a diverse range of gas suppliers and routes to market and receives less than 1% of its gas from Russia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/06/2014 16:04:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles