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524639

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date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new Apprenticeship Levy on the number of apprenticeship start-ups from September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	40284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not produce forecasts for apprenticeship starts. Apprenticeships are paid jobs and their availability is dependent on employers offering opportunities and hiring apprentices.</p><p>The levy will fund a step-change in apprenticeship numbers and quality – delivering on our commitment to 3 million new apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. It will put apprenticeship funding on a sustainable footing and improve the technical and professional skills of the workforce.</p><p>It will encourage employers to invest in their apprentices and take on more. Employers in England who pay the levy and are committed to apprenticeships training will be able to get out more than they pay in to the levy through a top-up of additional funding to their digital accounts. The government will apply a 10% top-up to monthly funds entering levy paying employers digital accounts, for apprenticeship training in England, from April 2017. Apprentices who have been accepted on to an apprenticeship before April 2017 will be funded for the full term of the apprenticeship under the terms and conditions that were in place at the time their apprenticeship started.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:07:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

524641

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Automation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential number of jobs which will be replaced by automation over the next two decades.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	40325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific forecast of how many jobs will be replaced (or how many additional jobs will be created) over the next two decades due to automation. However, the Government’s Horizon Scanning Programme exploring the impacts of automation on the labour market, and engaging with our international partners.</p><p>Government is taking action to provide individuals with the skills that will help prepare them for changes to the labour market, such as the new school computing curriculum, developing new apprenticeship standards, growing the apprenticeships programme, and introducing the Institute for Coding.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:08:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

524651

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, where the planned International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre will be based.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The proposal is for the Centre to be located in a major international financial centre such as London.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2016 15:05:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524652

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Ministerial Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Inter-Ministerial Group on Corruption last met.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 6 June 2016 to UIN: 38864.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2016 15:02:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524655

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the income of the highest-earning parent is used to assess eligibility for child benefit rather than the joint incomes of both parents.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	40400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>If the Government were to use total household income as the criteria for the High Income Child Benefit Charge on households, this would require collecting information of the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit. This would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

524657

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries have been made by hon. Members to HM Revenue and Customs on tax credits claims by (a) e-mail, (b) telephone and (c) letter in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	40335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>HMRC receives enquiries from hon. Members about tax credit awards in a number of different ways. HMRC seeks to answer every one as a high priority.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC collates internal management statistics relating to tax credit enquiries but does not hold comprehensive figures as to how many of these were submitted by hon. Members via each medium.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2016 11:56:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

524669

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in how many local authority areas in (a) London and (b) England broadband speeds are below the recommended speed as advised by Ofcom.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	40317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Superfast broadband with speeds of at least 24Mbps is now available to 90 per cent of UK premises and this will reach 95 per cent by December 2017. The Government has also implemented a basic broadband scheme to enable all premises to gain access to speeds of at least 2Mbps. This enables residents and businesses in all parts of the UK to gain access to every government service available online.</p><p> </p><p>In addition it is the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation that will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live, by the end of this Parliament. Our ambition is that this should initially be set at 10 Mbps.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific recommended speed advised by Ofcom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/06/2016 11:13:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

524670

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether 77th Brigade's full operating capability has been met.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524671

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expertise on Russia is required of members of the 77th Brigade; what the operational deployment standards are of that brigade; and how many members of that brigade were recruited from the Reserves.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Russia is just one of a wide range of different nations that elements of 77th Brigade are studying in order to develop a deep understanding of their approach to operations. The focus is on specific aspects of these countries' operational concepts and doctrine including information warfare and the use of non-military means.</p><p>As is normal for operational deployments overseas, personnel will only deploy once they have met standards laid down for each theatre by the Joint Commander.</p><p>There are currently 141 reserve personnel serving with 77th Brigade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:06:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524672

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force are deployed to the 77th Brigade.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	40342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>77th Brigade includes 10 members of the Naval Service (Royal Navy and Royal Marines) and 11 Royal Air Force personnel.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/06/2016 14:01:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon