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389657

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on ensuring gender balance on his Department's board.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	6917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Departmental Board draws its membership from ministers, senior officials and non-executives. In accordance with the Code of Good Practice for Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments (2011), appointments to the Board are made on merit with due regard for the benefits of diversity, including gender. Of the current membership, 40% are women.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/07/2015 13:16:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

389684

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to reduce the number of peers in the House of Lords.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	7157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will continue to ensure that the House of Lords functions effectively, and will consider how to address issues such as the number of peers in the House.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/07/2015 15:09:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

389685

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cross-departmental reviews are being undertaken by his Department; and what the extent and nature of the engagement with the devolved administrations is for each such review.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	7169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>There are currently two cross-departmental review processes being run by the Cabinet Office. The first is focussed on National Security, refreshing the 2010 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. The second is the Bribery and Corruption enforcement review.</p><p> </p><p>The next iteration of the National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review will cover reserved matters. The Cabinet Office plans to consult a wide range of stakeholders, including the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Bribery and Corruption enforcement review has consulted widely, including with relevant agencies of the Devolved Administrations. These include the National Counter Corruption Unit of Police Scotland, and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.</p><p> </p><p>There are also a number of cross-departmental review processes being run, for example the ‘Cutting Red Tape’ programme and the Resilience Review. These reviews consult widely, including with relevant agencies of the Devolved Administrations where appropriate, usually via the Lead Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Honourable Member in the Autumn to provide a more detailed update of the cross-departmental review processes being undertaken by the Cabinet Office, and will place a copy of this letter in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 21/07/2015 17:15:23 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin previous answer version 16272 answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

389705

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	LIBOR
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason is for the apparent disparity between paragraph 2.113 of Budget 2015, which states that the government has committed £75 million of LIBOR fines over the next five years to support military charities and other good causes and paragraph 2.47 of Summer Budget 2015, which states that the government has committed nearly £70 million of banking fines over the next five years to support military charities and other good causes.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The reason for the apparent discrepancy is that the documents refer to two separate figures in two separate budgets. Paragraph 2.113 of Budget 2015 allocated £75 million. Paragraph 2.47 of Summer Budget 2015 allocated a further £70 million of banking fines to military charities and good causes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This takes it to a total of £145m committed in this calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/07/2015 15:03:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

389715

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had on the apprenticeship levy with (a) businesses, (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (c) the Secretary of State for Education and (d) organisations representing industry.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/07/2015 15:04:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389716

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent of revenue that has been lost to the public purse in each of the last seven financial years as a result of data controllers who are required to notify or register under the Data Protection Act and pay a fee not doing so; and what steps he is taking to (a) recoup the losses to the public purse that have occurred and (b) prevent such further losses.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	6938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) requires every data controller who is processing personal information to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unless they are exempt. Failure to do so is a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO has the ability to prosecute data controllers who process personal data having failed to notify in accordance with the DPA. A successful prosecution could result in a fine being imposed. The length of time that a data controller has failed to notify, and any financial benefit they have received from not paying the notification fees, is a factor that is taken into account by the Court when sentencing and setting the appropriate level of fine. There are no provisions in the Proceeds of Crime Act that would require someone to report to a court or anyone else that any profit has been made from the offence of processing personal data without being registered. If someone suspects that money laundering has occurred then the reporting obligations set out in the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 will, for example, apply.</p><p> </p><p>It is for data controllers to seek registration; the ICO periodically reminds organisations of the requirement to notify. Fee income has been increasing year on year with increasing numbers of notifications.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice and the ICO are looking at the current funding model as part of negotiations on the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 6947 6948 6949 6951 6952 7446 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:07:55 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

389718

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of remuneration of Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) personnel based in the ICO's Wilmslow office and the requests made to increase such remuneration; and whether meeting such requests would require a relaxation of existing pay restraint policies.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	6939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner is responsible for determining the pay and conditions of his staff and in doing so must comply with the principles of Managing Public Money and Civil Service Pay Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/07/2015 11:27:01 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

389720

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.318 of the Summer Budget 2015, HC 264, from which budget has the £10 million expenditure on broadband been found; how many more premises will be reached by broadband as a result of that expenditure; and whether national projects will be ineligible to bid for that expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	6979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>To support connectivity in the South West, the government will allocate up to £10m to the broadband programme in the South West, commencing April 2016. The fund will be available for local projects to bid into, with priority given to those delivering ultrafast speeds of 100mbps and above. Broadband Delivery UK will start working with local projects immediately to determine the most effective way of delivering support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This scheme begins in the financial year 2016-17, budgets for this year and beyond will be set at the forthcoming Spending Review. Government is working to determine the most effective way of delivering support, with further details published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/07/2015 15:02:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

389723

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which parliamentary constituency each project referred to in paragraph 2.47 of the Summer Budget 2015 is based.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	6991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The majority of the recipient charities and good causes mentioned in paragraph 2.47 of the Summer Budget 2015 are Defence related and can be considered to be “National”. The exceptions being:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Ludlow Museum £0.25 million – to facilitate the publication online of the unique and historically important geological collections held in Ludlow - Ludlow;</p><p> </p></li><li><p>regeneration of the National Memorial Arboretum £2 million – to protect the long term future of the Memorial and to preserve it for the next generation – Lichfield;</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Clock Tower Foundation £3 million – to provide a bespoke rehabilitation centre to support the Special Forces – North Herefordshire; and</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Battle of Britain Bunker £1 million – to renovate and maintain the Battle of Britain Operations Room at RAF Uxbridge which coordinated the air defence of London and the South of England in WWII – Uxbridge.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/07/2015 16:24:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

389748

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people aged between 18 and 21 are designated as homeless in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department's statistics show that 13,490 households where the main applicant was aged 16 to 24 years old were accepted as statutorily homeless in England during the financial year 2014/15. Figures are not available for 18 to 21 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>Homelessness for Wales and Scotland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/07/2015 16:43:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith