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416145

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date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nepal: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on obtaining debt relief for Nepal following the recent earthquake in that country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Nepal’s overall public debt stood at USD 5.36 billion or 25.6% of GDP (with external debt at 16.1%) in FY 2014-15 (Ministry of Finance, 2015), following a steady decline over nearly a decade. This is comparatively a low level of debt and is due to:</p><p> </p><p>i) Government savings contributing to debt payback each year due to low budget execution and healthy growth in import-based revenues,</p><p>ii) Low request for borrowing, and</p><p>iii) Debt relief by the UK under Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) totalling GBP19.42 million between 2006/07 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the low and reducing levels of debt in Nepal, there has been no request from the Government for debt relief for the post-disaster reconstruction.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/09/2015 13:28:40 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416146

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the agreement with the new contractor on enforcing criminal fines to take effect.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Full Business Case supporting the proposed outsourcing of compliance and enforcement services is currently going through a robust approvals process. A decision will be made following the completion of that process.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 09:06:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416147

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the successful bidder for the contract to enforce criminal fines will be under any obligation to (a) keep employing the (i) existing staff in Birmingham and (ii) 1600 staff in the UK and (b) maintain current staff numbers, wages and working conditions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under the proposed Compliance and Enforcement Services contract, all National Compliance and Enforcement Services staff within scope will be transferred to the new provider under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“the TUPE Regulations”).</p><p> </p><p>Current terms and conditions of employment will also be transferred under the TUPE Regulations. This means that any new provider must consult with staff and the Trade Unions before any changes can be made to staff numbers or their terms and conditions.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 09:24:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

416148

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childbirth: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many babies born in NHS hospitals have been born to mothers of non-UK citizenship in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	8397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 10/09/2015 14:52:39 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 8397.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Non Uk Babies
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416150

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education have raised concerns about Kids Company with Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	8391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>To enable a space for the free and frank exchange of views, it is a long-standing convention that specific details about conversations between Ministers are not normally disclosed. The decision to give Kids Company the additional £3m in July was made by Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8394 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:48:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416151

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments were made by the Government to Kids Company in each year since 2010; and what conditions were attached to such payments.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	8392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Central government has provided approximately £43m to Kids Company since 2005.</p><p>Since 2010 the government has provided:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 - 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 – 2016 - April</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.265m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 – 2016 - July</strong></p></td><td><p>£3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Cabinet Office is unable to comment on conditions attached to payments managed by Department for Education prior to the transfer of Youth Policy in 2013. We are also unable to comment on payments made by the previous Labour government. For funding from 2013 – March 2015, Kids Company was required to meet a clear set of delivery targets. An independent third party was appointed by Cabinet Office and Department for Education to independently monitor and evaluate the grant and outcomes Kids Company were reporting. Since March 2015, funding agreements included conditions intended to encourage Kids Company to move to a more financially sustainable model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 11/09/2015 15:40:13 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416152

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the grants awarded to Kids Company in 2015 he expects to recover.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	8393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>We are currently in discussions with the Official Receiver regarding retrieving the grant Government recently provided to Kids Company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 10/09/2015 15:27:00 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416153

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions Ministers in his Department had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Advisers before deciding to overrule his Department's Permanent Secretary's advice not to proceed with funding for Kids Company.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	8394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>To enable a space for the free and frank exchange of views, it is a long-standing convention that specific details about conversations between Ministers are not normally disclosed. The decision to give Kids Company the additional £3m in July was made by Oliver Letwin and Matthew Hancock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 8391 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:48:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

416154

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set conditions for the financing of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure that these bodies implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have the freedom to make decisions on their car parking to reflect their local situation and needs. The car parking principles provide clear direction and leadership but a central interference in these freedoms would not help NHS trusts and could result in unwarranted interference in how their clinical services are locally managed and delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The powers available to the Secretary of State for Health under Section 42 of the NHS Act 2006 to provide funding to NHS organisations in distress are not appropriate for car parking. There are no other levers or other conditions available for the financing of NHS organisations to implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416155

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Housing: Sustainable development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote sustainable home design using sustainable materials.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In its response of March 2014 to the Environmental Select Committee's Report: Code for Sustainable Homes and the Housing Standards Review, the Government set out that it would consider work being undertaken by the European Commission to establish common standards for the sustainability of construction before deciding on any next steps in developing sustainability standards in England. The Commission's work is ongoing and further information can be found below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/buildings.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/buildings.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:52:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight