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679001

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Clydesdale Bank: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made representations to the Clydesdale Bank after that Bank's announcement of 18 January 2017 to close 40 branches in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	61829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. Banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition and other commercial factors when considering their strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking Protocol and Professor Russel Griggs’ recently published review evaluating the operation of the Protocol to date. The Government is pleased to see that the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by bank branch closures.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative banking services are also available at the Post Office. A new agreement with UK banks, announced on 24 January, means that more individuals and businesses can use 11,600 local Post Office branches to access a wider range of banking services.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 02/02/2017 15:16:52 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

679002

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new businesses registered for VAT in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	61847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes the number of new businesses registered for VAT in the statistical bulletin on VAT. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 31/01/2017 14:09:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

679003

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 3.36 of the Autumn Statement 2016, if his Department will support firms specialising (a) in video and mobile game development and (b) on artificial intelligence, data analytics and virtual reality.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	61871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement 2016, the British Business Bank was provided with £400m of additional funding to unlock up to £1 billion of new investment in innovative firms planning to scale up.</p><p>This will primarily be achieved by broadening the mandate of Bank’s Venture Capital Catalyst programme. The programme is able to invest across a wide range of sectors, including businesses which specialise in video, mobile game development, artificial intelligence, data analytics and virtual reality.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/01/2017 16:17:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

679004

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to help businesses to receive funds from Iran.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	61916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury officials continue to work closely with UK banking industry bodies, as well as with UK-based banks, to understand the industry’s concerns and to work with them to identify approaches that will help facilitate payments from Iran.</p><p> </p><p>Officials also continue to work closely with US colleagues to ensure that the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) guidance and FAQs focus on issues that UK banks have raised and are as clear as possible. Officials continue to work with OFAC to feedback comments from industry.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 02/02/2017 15:18:25 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

679005

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Planning: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to the planning system on achieving the National Planning Policy Framework's policies on sustainable development.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	61828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is very clear that sustainable development should be at the heart of planning, and should be pursued in a positive and integrated way. Alongside our planning reforms and locally-led planning system, the Framework has since 2012 achieved the right balance between encouraging growth and retaining environmental safeguards. The forthcoming Housing White Paper will propose further reforms to make the planning system more effective, but nothing that would undermine the principles of sustainability set out in the Framework.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 02/02/2017 13:49:14 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

679006

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Local Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the findings of the Ollerenshaw review of local council tax support.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	61851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department is carefully considering the recommendations made by Eric Ollerenshaw OBE. The Government’s response to the review’s findings will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/02/2017 15:00:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

679007

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of parking charges on the viability of town centre economies.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	61857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the effect of parking charges on the viability of town centre economies. Local authorities are responsible for determining local parking needs and setting parking charges, which includes considering the effect of parking charges on town centre economies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:50:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

679008

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Park Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 45729, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the final recommendations of the Park Homes Working Group; and if he will place his plans to take forward those recommendations in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	61818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of mobile homes residents and welcomes the recommendations of the working group. We have already taken forward their recommendation to write to all local authorities to remind them of their new enforcement powers and available guidance. My Department is considering the other recommendations and will set out its response as part of a review of the effectiveness of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 that we are planning to launch in the Spring.</p><p>The review will be conducted by the Department through a consultation exercise which will seek evidence from residents, site owners and local authorities on the effectiveness of two key areas of the 2013 legislation:</p><p>(a) what enforcement local authorities have carried out, any successes and challenges they have faced and what further changes or powers they require and;</p><p>(b) how well the changes to the buying and selling process, pitch fee reviews and site rules have worked.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 61819 question first answered 31/01/2017 15:21:14 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

679009

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
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	Mobile Homes Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government's planned review of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 will begin; what that review's terms of reference will be; and whether that review will have an independent chair.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	61819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of mobile homes residents and welcomes the recommendations of the working group. We have already taken forward their recommendation to write to all local authorities to remind them of their new enforcement powers and available guidance. My Department is considering the other recommendations and will set out its response as part of a review of the effectiveness of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 that we are planning to launch in the Spring.</p><p>The review will be conducted by the Department through a consultation exercise which will seek evidence from residents, site owners and local authorities on the effectiveness of two key areas of the 2013 legislation:</p><p>(a) what enforcement local authorities have carried out, any successes and challenges they have faced and what further changes or powers they require and;</p><p>(b) how well the changes to the buying and selling process, pitch fee reviews and site rules have worked.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 61818 question first answered 31/01/2017 15:21:14 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

679010

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on the amount of money provided for good causes by the National Lottery of the practice of betting on the result of the Euromillions draw.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	61859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Lottery was established in order to support good cause projects across the UK in the Arts, Sport, Heritage and Community sectors, and has raised over £36bn since its launch in 1994.</p><p> </p><p>Under Section 95 of the Gambling Act, betting on the outcome of UK National Lottery draws including EuroMillions is prohibited to prevent funds being diverted from good causes and avoid any public confusion between playing the National Lottery and supporting good causes, and commercial gambling. However, where gambling operators in the UK offer a bet on the outcome of EuroMillions draws offered abroad (for example, a bet on the outcome of the Spanish EuroMillions draw), those bets do not have to return any money to good causes and are contrary to the spirit and intention of the prohibition in the Gambling Act.</p><p> </p><p>While current market is small this is a potential growth market for gambling operators. Should the market expand further, there is a risk that EuroMillions sales, and consequently National Lottery good cause returns, could decrease. We are monitoring the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 31/01/2017 16:35:46 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan