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636975

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Fraud Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to the report by the right hon. Sir Eric Pickles on his review into electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	52949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fraud and making our electoral process more secure. We have welcomed Sir Eric Pickles’ report on his review into electoral fraud, and we are giving careful consideration to the findings and recommendations that the report sets out. We will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/11/2016 08:51:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

636976

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on advertising in (a) The Times, (b) The Sunday Times, (c) The Mail on Sunday, (d) The Sun, (e) The Sun on Sunday, (f) The Huffington Post, (g) Mail Online, (h) Daily Mail, (i) The Guardian and (j) Trinity Mirror newspapers in each Department in the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	53019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat.</p><p>Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015. The figures that are supplied below show spend by departmental groups for the financial year 2015/16. HM Government does not hold figures for previous financial years.</p><p>In the last Parliament, the Government saved £18.6 billion through efficiencies and reform - and we are aiming to make another £15-20 billion in efficiency savings by 2019-20.</p><p>Since 2010, we have already reduced Government spending on communications by £1 billion.</p><p>Government advertising supports the government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes. Government communications helps improve the lives of people and communities in the UK, assists with the effective operation of our public services and delivers responsive and informative communications 24 hours a day.</p><p>The advertising expenditure figures below are provided by Departmental Group, and include for each Department expenditure by Arms Length Bodies reporting to the respective Secretary of State.</p><p><strong>Daily Mail/Weekend Magazine </strong></p><p>DEFRA £12,160</p><p>DCLG £74,100</p><p>DWP £79,888</p><p>HMT £569,594</p><p>Home Office £18,816</p><p>DCMS £64,600</p><p>DH £74,240</p><p><strong>Total £893,398</strong></p><p><strong>Trinity Mirror – Daily Mirror/Daily Record/Sunday Mirror/The People/We Love Telly</strong></p><p>BIS £8,100</p><p>DCLG £16,200</p><p>DWP £64,613</p><p>HMT £104,669</p><p>DH £134,943</p><p>DCMS £6,400</p><p>MOD £4,200</p><p><strong>Total £339,125</strong></p><p><strong>Guardian/The Guide/Weekend</strong></p><p>DEFRA £2,420</p><p>DFE £10,956</p><p>DCLG £4,840</p><p>DWP £4,180</p><p>HMT £69,575</p><p>DFT £1,210</p><p>Home Office £2,640</p><p>UKTI £4,840</p><p>DCMS £5,808</p><p><strong>Total £106,469</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Sunday/Event Magazine/You Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £36,922</p><p>DWP £65,268</p><p>HMT £363,836</p><p>Home Office £16,023</p><p>BIS £8,000</p><p>DH £41,610</p><p>DCMS £32,900</p><p><strong>Total £564,559</strong></p><p><strong>Sun on Sunday/Fabulous</strong></p><p>DWP £76,853</p><p>HMT £236,859</p><p>DH £75,298</p><p>DCMS £10,763</p><p><strong>Total £399,773</strong></p><p><strong>The Sun/TV Magazine</strong></p><p>MOD £12,000</p><p>BIS £41,370</p><p>DCLG £105,887</p><p>DWP £109,603</p><p>HMT £301,713</p><p>DCMS £42,000</p><p>DH £231,631</p><p><strong>Total £844,204</strong></p><p><strong>The Sunday Times</strong></p><p>DEFRA £33,380</p><p>DFE £122,904</p><p>DWP £31,864</p><p>HMT £493,084</p><p>Home Office £55,307</p><p>BIS £11,370</p><p>DCMS £11,380</p><p><strong>Total £759,289</strong></p><p><strong>Times/Times Magazine</strong></p><p>DEFRA £14,400</p><p>DFE £36,941</p><p>DWP £10,151</p><p>HMT £337,019</p><p>Home Office £347,341</p><p>DCMS £5,970</p><p>UKTI £11,488</p><p>DCMS £34,498</p><p><strong>Total £797,808</strong></p><p><strong>Mail on Line</strong></p><p>HMT £149,500</p><p>MOD £154,442</p><p>BIS £37,802</p><p>DH £162,614</p><p><strong>Total £504,358</strong></p><p><strong>Huffington Post</strong></p><p>We only use one supplier for AOL owned properties (that includes Huffington Post) so it is impossible to distinguish from other AOL bookings that run across the portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2016 09:55:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 21172 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

636977

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Main Honours Advisory Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Main Honours Advisory Committee has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The costs associated with the Main Honours Committee are included within centrally-aggregated departmental administrative contracts.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:12:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636978

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	53011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments' costs are set out in its annual reports, which are available on the Committee's website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments/about</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:07:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

636979

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance data the Crown Commercial Services (a) collects and (b) recommends be collected from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	53122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) does not routinely collect data from public sector fleet operators in relation to the Government's air quality targets. It does, however, capture data from suppliers relating to fuel types and CO2 Emissions.</p><p>The CCS Call Off contract template for Vehicle Purchase and Vehicle Lease and Fleet Management allow departments to specify the provision of this type of information from their appointed suppliers, but there is no specific data set that is recommended.</p><p>The CCS Vehicle Telematics framework enables organisations to manage their fleets more effectively by improving safety and efficiency through the use of telematics technology by monitoring things like fuel consumption, vehicle tracking and driver behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 12:09:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

636981

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51941, when the new Customs Declaration Service will come into effect; and what estimate he has made of how long an Economic Operator Registration Identification application will take to process under that service.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	53134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Full implementation of the new Customs Declaration Service is planned for January 2019. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) currently has a target of processing Economic Operator Registration Identification applications within 3 working days. However, HMRC expects the new service to process the majority of applications within a much shorter time period.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/11/2016 15:56:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

636982

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Concentrix
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Written Statement of 15 November 2016, HCWS251, Update on HM Revenue and Customs' contract with Concentrix, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs paid £500,000 towards some of Concentrix's exit costs from its subcontracts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	53117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The costs being paid to Concentrix are, as stated in the Written Statement of 15 November 2016 (HCWS251), in regard to exit from a number of established subcontracts. These costs are only in respect of those subcontract breakage costs that Concentrix will bear as a result of early termination, which would not have been incurred by Concentrix if the subcontracts had continued until expiry and that are unavoidable, proven, reasonable and not otherwise capable of recovery.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/11/2016 15:52:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

636984

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Concentrix
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Written Statement of 15 November 2016, HCWS251, Update on HM Revenue and Customs' contract with Concentrix, what the costs have been to HM Revenue and Customs of taking over cases from Concentrix prior to the early close of the contract.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	53118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The cost to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), in terms of the existing HMRC staff who have worked cases returned from Concentrix from 12 September to 14 November 2016, is c. £3.7 million. HMRC has absorbed these costs within its existing funding envelope.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/11/2016 15:55:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

636986

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the European Commission's proposals for Eurozone public country-by-country reporting for tackling multi-national tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	53035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has set out its objective for a comprehensive and effective model of public country-by country reporting that is agreed on a multilateral basis.</p><p>The UK continues to play an active role in the discussions on the European Commission proposal with a view to delivering on that objective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/11/2016 14:41:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

636987

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage mortgage providers to develop financial products which support shared equity affordable housing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	53048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the affordability of housing and making the aspiration of home ownership a reality for as many households as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this the Government is committed to increasing competition in banking and creating an environment in which firms compete to offer a range of products that suit the varying needs of their customers.</p><p> </p><p>Government also runs the Help to Buy: Equity loan through which Government lends up to 20% (40% in London) of the cost of a newly built home with buyers only needing a 5% cash deposit and a 75% mortgage to make up the rest. The loan is repaid when the property is sold, or after 25 years (whichever is sooner), with the amount repayable calculated as 20% of the value of the property at the point the loan is repaid (or 40% in London). There is also an annual fee payable on the loan after 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Since Help to Buy: equity loan launched it has helped over 90,000 households buy a home, supporting first-time buyers in all parts of the country with 81% of purchases made through the scheme made by first time buyers.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016 the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) released a report which highlighted that 15-20 firms are currently lending on shared ownership.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/11/2016 15:00:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough