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91332

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out of work benefits in each region and constituent part of the UK since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	208778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:36:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

76687

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent per capita on infrastructure in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	204876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Total identifiable expenditure on capital services by country and region, per head 2008-09 to 2012-13</strong></p><p>Please see attached infrastructure table.</p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>Expenditure data is taken from the Country and Regional Analyses 2013. In order to calculate per head figures the latest mid-year population estimates; for England and Wales from the ONS; for Scotland from the GRO and; for Northern Ireland from the NISRA.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/07/2014 15:18:11 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander attachment 1 file name infrastructure table.doc title infrastructure table previous answer version 10168 answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

76287

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the duration of his Department's lease at 2 Marsham Street is; and what break clause arrangements there are.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	204622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The move to 2 Marsham Street will reduce my Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16. Overall, these changes will save the Government £24 million a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not have a lease for 2 Marsham Street. Our co-location with the Home Office is formalised through an inter-department Memorandum of Terms of Occupation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Department has had considerable success in reducing the cost of its wider estate through the rationalisation of retained office space and targeted building disposals. This has seen the Department surrender six leasehold office properties through a combination of lease breaks and expiries, generating net savings in the period of around £7 million per annum. The Department has also successfully sub-let surplus space across its leasehold office estate during the same period, reducing the overall property costs by around £6.5 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Building on this success, in 2013-14, we have already secured further savings of £4.6 million by subletting further space in Eland House in London. Most recently, the Department negotiated the early surrender of Eland House and is scheduled to relocate to 2 Marsham Street.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>This illustrates the scope for local government and, indeed, the public sector as a whole to make sensible savings through better property management.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>In June 2013, supporting the Prime Minister's commitment to support the development of small and medium enterprises, the Department agreed terms with business incubator providers to take vacant space at 2 Rivergate House in Bristol and Bridge House, Guildford. This is an important part of the Government's drive to assist the start-up and small and medium enterprises business and we are also working with the Government Property Unit on potential Government Space for Growth opportunities in other properties held by DCLG.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2014 15:58:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

50024

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual revenue budget was for an (a) primary school academy and (b) secondary school academy in England and Wales in financial year 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	197773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Annual revenue budgets for primary and secondary academies for the academic year September 2012 to August 2013 are available on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year</a></p><p> </p><p>Education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

50025

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had academy status in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	197775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education in Wales is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

48447

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to improve support for small and medium-sized enterprises which are in need of short-term assistance and flexibility through improved partnership working between the HM Revenue and Custom's (HMRC) simplified import VAT accounting duty deferment team and the HMRC debt management and time-to-pay teams; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	196640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Simplified Import VAT Accounting (SIVA) scheme is a trade facilitation measure that reduces compliance costs for legitimate traders through the removal of the requirement to provide a guarantee to secure import VAT paid through the duty deferment scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The risk to the tax revenue by traders operating SIVA is potentially very large as the period between the tax due being deferred and being collected by HMRC may result in a failure to pay. The setting of the SIVA approval criteria has to strike a balance between ensuring the trade receive the maximum benefit from the scheme, while at the same time protecting the revenue.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses have to demonstrate on-going compliance with the SIVA requirements. The SIVA team monitor this through internal systems, including any outstanding debts or Time-to Pay agreements requested. When they identify a business experiencing difficulties, they advise them of the potential impact on their SIVA approval. Warning letters are issued by the team to businesses who fail to comply and only if there is evidence of continued non-compliance is the approval removed.</p><p>The current procedures provide an appropriate balance between trade faciliation and protection of the revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

40901

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total amount of remuneration paid to non-executive directors of Government departments was for the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	190309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p>Since the last General Election the Cabinet Office has overhauled, strengthened and formalised the system of non-executive directors which operated under the previous administration. </p><p>Remuneration for non-executive board members is detailed in &lsquo;Corporate governance in central government departments: Code of good practice July 2011- Guidance Note&rsquo; and is in line that of the Bank of England&rsquo;s non-executive Directors of Court. </p><p>In 2012-2013, 28% of the 67 non-executives either waived their fee or donated it to charity. </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

40903

registered interest
date	03/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in Number 10 Downing Street in 2012; and how many people are so employed currently.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	190310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister&rsquo;s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. </p><p>As part of this Government&rsquo;s transparency agenda, information on working in the Cabinet Office is published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a></p><p>The latest organogram for the Cabinet Office may be viewed at <a href="http://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

33663

registered interest
date	16/01/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level of overspend or underspend was in each such contract; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the performance of each supplier of such contract following the contract award.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	183913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has taken a number of steps to improve commercial capability across the department. We regularly review suppliers' performance against key performance indicators and have recently embarked on a programme aimed at introducing a more robust approach to contract management, to ensure that contracts deliver best possible value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The table below features the ten largest contracts let by the Ministry of Justice since the financial year 2010/11, and provides details of savings and of any under- or overspend in each financial year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 183913.doc title Table 1
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

19992

registered interest
date	11/11/2013
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
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 overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department has made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	175475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>Role of the Department</em></p><p>Reflecting our responsibilities for local government, housing, planning and communities across England, the work of the Department involves staff travelling to different parts of the country.</p><p>Improved procurement has reduced our average domestic hotel rate in the UK by 8% between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Moreover, domestic flights for longer journeys can avoid the need for paying for staff to stay in a hotel overnight.</p><p>Since 2011-12, the Department accepted responsibility for some new functions outside of London, including residual functions following the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions and then oversight of the European Regional Development Fund following the abolition of the Regional Development Agencies. As these business functions relate to work in areas outside of London and to the European Commission, this has therefore increased our travel spend compared to the base of 2010-11. However, this is far more than offset by the very significant savings to taxpayers of the abolition of these regional bodies.</p><p>Based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.</p><p>In addition to this, I note that the Regional Development Agencies were spending in the region of £246 million a year on administration (as cited in 11 March 2009, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 592W).</p><p><em>Spending data</em></p><p>The tables below list spending on travel by financial year. Figures for 2009-10 are from July 2009, as this is when the department's current approved travel agent contract commenced; those figures are therefore only for three-quarters of the financial year, and the full year is likely to be proportionately higher.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Overseas Travel</em></p></td><td><p><em>Overseas Accommodation</em></p></td><td><p><em>Overseas Subsistence</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10</p></td><td><p>£408,621</p></td><td><p>£19,847</p></td><td><p>£79,574</p></td><td><p>£508,042 (part-year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£56,304</p></td><td><p>£21,759</p></td><td><p>£27,798</p></td><td><p>£105,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£69,463</p></td><td><p>£21,204</p></td><td><p>£19,946</p></td><td><p>£110,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£78,474</p></td><td><p>£29,224</p></td><td><p>£21,911</p></td><td><p>£129,609</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>UK Travel</em></p></td><td><p><em>UK Accommodation</em></p></td><td><p><em>UK Subsistence</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>July 2009 - March 10</p></td><td><p>£621,028</p></td><td><p>£309,260</p></td><td><p>£174,888</p></td><td><p>£1,105,176 (part-year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£434,467</p></td><td><p>£199,563</p></td><td><p>£81,315</p></td><td><p>£715,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£980,307</p></td><td><p>£162,544</p></td><td><p>£71,913</p></td><td><p>£1,214,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,030,710</p></td><td><p>£166,149</p></td><td><p>£74,424</p></td><td><p>£1,271,283</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Explanatory notes:</p><p>- Overseas subsistence costs can include accommodation, meals and travel tickets purchased locally.</p><p>- The costs of internal travel abroad are not routinely recorded in the form requested and this information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>- Data on cost per trip is not centrally held in the form requested.</p><p>- For car hire, the data from our finance systems do not separate out expenditure for domestic and international car hire and this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>- For helicopter hire, our records show that the Department has incurred no expenditure on this since 2010-11.</p><p>- Figures contained in this answer may differ from previous answers to Parliamentary Questions, as the data extracts have been re-run and reflect ongoing accruals and data. Delays in billing or crediting transactions can sometimes have an effect on the spend data between the financial years.</p><p>Taken in the whole, we have reduced overall travel spending compared to the last Administration, and delivered substantive savings for taxpayers' from the abolition of regional government in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 176826 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie