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77509

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many local authorities have adopted the new Crown Prosecution Service model disclosure protocol for cases of child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	205498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number of local authorities that have adopted the national disclosure Protocol. However enquiries of CPS Areas indicate that 82 local authorities have signed a local protocol to date, which is the principal method for implementation of the national protocol.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:45:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

77510

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much land the Law Officers' Departments have released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments have not released any land for this purpose since 2010. The Crown Prosecution Service is the only Department which actually owns any property and its estate is very small.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:26:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77511

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	UK Export Finance: Northern Ireland
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 export finance advisers are employed by UK Export Finance in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance employs 21 export finance advisers, based across the English regions and devolved administrations. There is one export finance adviser based in Northern Ireland, who is part of a team of seven advisers which covers North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77512

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	New Businesses: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the monies made available for the Government's Start-Up Loans scheme has been allocated to businesses in Northern Ireland since the scheme began.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>The funding government has allocated to the Start-Up Loan scheme is not segregated by region therefore when a Start-Up Loan delivery partner approves a Start-Up Loan for a business in Northern Ireland the funds are derived from the overall Start-Up Loan budget. The scheme was extended to Northern Ireland June 13 and there have been 126 loans with a value of £591,610.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:20:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77513

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills core owns no freehold land, therefore, no land has been released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:39:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77514

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Business: Northern Ireland
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 businesses located in Northern Ireland have contacted UK Export Finance to enquire about loans from the Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has received approximately 10 enquiries from businesses located in Northern Ireland on its Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:47:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77515

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Patents: Northern Ireland
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 patents have been granted to businesses or individuals whose main residence or business address was in Northern Ireland in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	205621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patents are granted by different national and regional authorities worldwide, for which accurate information is only held by each individual authority. Patents having effect in the United Kingdom can be granted by the Intellectual Property Office (UK national patents) or the European Patent Office (European patents designating the United Kingdom). The following table summarises the number of patents granted with effect in the UK to businesses or individuals whose main residence or business address was in Northern Ireland in 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Granted UK</p><p>national patents</p></td><td><p>Granted European (UK) patents</p></td><td><p>Total granted patents with UK effect</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: IPO patents register and EPO PATSTAT database (Apr 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:23:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 10958 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

77516

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in each (a) constituency in England and Wales and (b) local authority area in Scotland were listed as aged 18 or over in (i) the 2011 Census and (ii) the most recent Office for National Statistics estimate.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	205691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 21/07/2014 13:41:56 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark attachment 1 file name PQ 205691 ONS 322.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

77517

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations were abolished in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	205499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2010 the Coalition pledged to reduce the number and cost of public bodies. Our Public Bodies Reform Programme is the largest restructuring of public bodies in a generation. It will make the landscape smaller, more accountable, and will offer better value for money to the public.</p><p>By April 2011 the reforms brought about by the programme had reduced the number of public bodies by 46. During 2011-2012 the numbers reduced by a further 56. To date over 185 public bodies have been abolished and more than 165 have been merged into fewer than 70.</p><p>The total number of public bodies has reduced by over 285.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/07/2014 13:52:09 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

77519

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government Property Unit, based in the Cabinet Office, has helped the Government reduce the size of its estate by over 2 million square metres. As at March 2014 Government had released land with capacity for 76,000 homes under the current public sector land programme, towards a target of 100,000 by end March 2015.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has two land holdings: (i) an operational site at Hannington; and, (ii) the Sunningdale Park site, which is subject to a Private Finance Initiative contract. The Sunningdale Park site is not subject to a lease break until 2017.</p><p>Therefore the Cabinet Office has not been in a position to release any land since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/07/2014 13:55:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander