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349158

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date	09/06/2015
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	Broadband: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who selected which towns and cities are eligible for Broadband Connection Vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>DCMS set the eligibility criteria for those cities announced by the Chancellor at the Budget in March. The 50 cities invited to participate were 1) the 22 existing Super Connected cities, 2) cities that applied or were eligible to apply to the Super Connected Cities Programme, and 3) cities already participating in the City Deal programme (or related programme in the home nations).</p><p>The participating cities set their own intervention areas based on their economic priorities.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/06/2015 12:40:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

349159

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Local Broadcasting: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects in Wales have been (a) considered and (b) chosen for local television licences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>In developing a framework for licensing local television, Ofcom assessed the technical feasibility of transmitting local television services at a number of locations in Wales. Illustrative technical plans were produced for six suitable locations: Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor, Mold, Carmarthen and Haverfordwest. The choice of locations was governed by the position of television transmitter masts and the availability of spectrum at each location. Given these constraints, it is not possible to provide local TV services via terrestrial TV everywhere in Wales – the same situation exists in England Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom advertised licences for local television services in four locations: Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor and Mold. Ofcom received no expressions of interest from any parties wishing to launch a service in either Haverfordwest or Carmarthen. Licences have been awarded for Cardiff, Swansea and Mold and statements of these licence awards are published on Ofcom’s website. Ofcom decided not to award the local TV licence to the sole bidder for Bangor licence.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/06/2015 14:51:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

349160

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a person's National Insurance number is printed on a bank statement as a prefix to a monthly pension entry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The provision of the national insurance number to a bank or building society is an essential part of paying benefits and pensions direct. All benefits and pensions administered by the Department for Work and Pensions use the customer's national insurance number as a payment reference. The national insurance number provides a unique audit trail of individual transactions so that, for example, returned or other queried payments can be quickly traced and customer enquiries dealt with effectively. Customers are made aware on claim forms that their National Insurance number (NINO) may be shown on bank/building society account statements.</p><p> </p><p>We actually provide the banks with a payment reference up to 18 characters (which incorporates the national insurance number). The Department is aware that banks use the information in the exact format provided to them by DWP, but ultimately how much of it appears on the customer’s statement is the responsibility of the bank. DWP does not request or instruct banks to show the national insurance numbers on their customer’s bank statements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 16:22:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349161

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Digital Broadcasting: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with television companies about the digital exclusion of people with sensory loss; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not as yet had any meetings with companies specifically about sensory access, but the Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services and will continue to monitor progress.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/06/2015 14:54:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349162

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Circuses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban wild animals from performing in circuses.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion on 2 June 2015, PQ UIN 416.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/06/2015 12:26:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349163

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Veterans: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that injured military veterans do not have to pay for their social care costs out of their military compensation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>We made a clear commitment, through the Armed Forces Covenant, which we enshrined in legislation in 2011, to support members of the Armed Forces Community, which includes both serving personnel and veterans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social care has never been free and people, including veterans, have always been asked to make a contribution based on what they can afford. Veterans injured before 6 April 2005 receive payments under the War Pensions Scheme, which predates the welfare state. Veterans injured from 6 April 2005 receive payments under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. The two schemes reflect the time in which they were developed and as a result they operate differently and are, currently, treated differently in the financial assessment of what people can afford for social care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Department of Health have been working closely with the Royal British Legion to assess how the two schemes might be treated under the social care charging rules in future and the impact of any change on local authority finances. We are grateful for the time the Royal British Legion has taken to work with the officials. We are very much committed to continuing this conversation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2015 11:33:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349164

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse from reducing the tax relief on pensions for people earning more than £150,000 a year in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The estimated exchequer cost arising from income tax relief on contributions made to private pensions, and relief on the investment returns to private pensions in 2013-14 was £34.3bn</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue effects on reducing tax relief on private pensions for people earning more than £150,000 would depend on how changes were implemented and would likely cause significant behavioural effects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/06/2015 13:22:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349165

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects registration for tax-free childcare to open; and what information parents will be required to input in order to complete that registration.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to bringing forward Tax-Free Childcare to help working families. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will set out the timing of the introduction as part of his Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Registering for the new scheme is being designed to be as straightforward as possible for parents and will use a new simple online system. They will be asked to identify themselves and the child for whom the childcare account is being opened, and to provide information to demonstrate their eligibility, for example confirming that they are in paid employment or self-employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:21:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349166

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if it is her policy that parents on zero-hours contracts will be eligible for 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's proposals for free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The additional free childcare will be available to working parents with three- and four-year-olds. We recognise that many flexible ways of working exist in the modern working environment. Further information on the detail of which parents will qualify will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/06/2015 14:29:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349167

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the Government plans to set for parents to qualify as working parents and be able to access 30 hours a week free childcare under its proposals for free childcare provision.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The additional hours will be available to families where both parents are working (or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family). Further information on the detail of which parents will qualify will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/06/2015 14:27:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson